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Vertebro-carotid anastomosis as a cause of uncontrollable epistaxis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Babu Manohar ,
J. F. Sharp  and
A. P. Johnson
M. Babu Manohar*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
J. F. Sharp
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
A. P. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
*
Mr M. Babu Manohar, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH.
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Abstract

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Uncontrolled epistaxis may require a long hospital stay, multiple blood transfusions and multiple arterial ligations. Thiscase report highlights vertebro-carotid anastomosis as a rare cause of uncontrolled epistaxis. The importance ofangiography in the identification of rare arterial anastomoses is stressed.

Keywords

EpistaxisVertebral arteryCarotid artery, external
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 3 , March 1994 , pp. 247 - 248
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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