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Published on: July 9, 2020
[Profuse epistaxis caused by a nontraumatic carotid artery aneurysm]
Jan Green Toft1, Claus P Barfoed, Mansour Grand
1Roskilde Amts Sygehus Køge, Øre-naese-halsafdeling E1, og Odense Universitetshospital, Røntgendiagnostisk Afdeling. jgt@dadlnet.dk
Abstract:
We present a case of epistaxis caused by a nontraumatic cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm. A 43-year-old woman was hospitalised due to profuse epistaxis. Investigation with sinoscopy showed a pulsating artery in the sinus sphenoidalis and a follow-up MR angiography showed an aneurysm on the internal carotid artery. She was treated with coiling. The patient had no further bleeding episodes, and half a year after surgery she was neurologically intact. Carotid artery aneurysms must be considered in the differential diagnosis of profuse epistaxis.
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