American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 162-164 , March 2011

Nontraumatic and postirradiated intracavernous carotid hemorrhage: an unusual case of epistaxis and review of the literature

  • Jing-Jing Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China
    • ,
  • Yong Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China
    • ,
  • Po-Hung Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Rhinology, Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ta-Jen Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Rhinology, Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • De-Hui Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, 83 Fenyang Road, Shanghai 200031, PR China. Tel.: +86 21 64 377 134 388; fax: +86 21 64 377 151.

Received 9 August 2009

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PII: S0196-0709(09)00251-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.10.006

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 162-164 , March 2011

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