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Spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage managed with emergency tonsillectomy in a 21-year-old man: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage is defined as continuous bleeding for more than one hour, or more than 250mL of blood loss regardless of the duration of bleeding. It is an often under-diagnosed and under-reported complication of acute or chronic tonsillitis, with controversial managem...

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Autores principales: Vlastarakos, Petros V, Iacovou, Emily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23890364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-192