Epistaxis

Status after alcohol ablation

Epistaxis can be treated by either surgical means (eg, cautery, vascular ligation) or endovascular embolotherapy. Internal carotid arteriograms are obtained to exclude aneurysms. Then, the external carotid artery is catheterized...

Those images and video clips are final status of absolute alcohol ablation.

Approximately 90% of nosebleeds can be visualized in the anterior portion of the nasal cavity. Massive epistaxis may be confused with hemoptysis or hematemesis. Blood dripping from the posterior nasopharynx confirms a nasal source....

The image and the video clips display the second injection of absolute alcohol Epistaxis is one of the most frequent emergencies in Otorhinolaryngology and occurs in other disciplines. Epistaxis is classified on the basis of...

In rare cases, this condition may lead to massive bleeding and even death. Although epistaxis can have an anterior or posterior source, it most often originates in the anterior nasal cavity.

Injection of absolute alcohol was injected into the lesion.

A 76 year-old female that one month previously was hospitalized due to severe epistaxis in a hospital of the Social Insurance of El Salvador, had been treated with repeated anteroposterior nasal packing, presented significant...

Status after alcohol ablation

Epistaxis can be treated by either surgical means (eg, cautery, vascular ligation) or endovascular embolotherapy. Internal carotid arteriograms are obtained to exclude aneurysms. Then, the external carotid artery is catheterized...