Meningitis and Brain Abscess Presenting with Epistaxis in a Woman with Prior Head and Neck Cancer

It is estimated that more than 60% of people have epistaxis in their lifetimes, and as such it is a common complaint encountered in emergency medicine. Although epistaxis is usually self-limited and benign, it can occasionally be a sign of serious underlying pathology. We report a case of epistaxis...

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Autores principales: Cross, Danielle, Jeanmonod, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/460208
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description It is estimated that more than 60% of people have epistaxis in their lifetimes, and as such it is a common complaint encountered in emergency medicine. Although epistaxis is usually self-limited and benign, it can occasionally be a sign of serious underlying pathology. We report a case of epistaxis secondary to invasive squamous cell cancer, ultimately leading to pneumocephalus and brain abscess. We recommend a low threshold for neuroimaging in patients with known prior head and neck cancers presenting with epistaxis, as even resolved epistaxis may be related to serious pathology.
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spelling pubmed-43911532015-04-16 Meningitis and Brain Abscess Presenting with Epistaxis in a Woman with Prior Head and Neck Cancer Cross, Danielle Jeanmonod, Rebecca Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report It is estimated that more than 60% of people have epistaxis in their lifetimes, and as such it is a common complaint encountered in emergency medicine. Although epistaxis is usually self-limited and benign, it can occasionally be a sign of serious underlying pathology. We report a case of epistaxis secondary to invasive squamous cell cancer, ultimately leading to pneumocephalus and brain abscess. We recommend a low threshold for neuroimaging in patients with known prior head and neck cancers presenting with epistaxis, as even resolved epistaxis may be related to serious pathology. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4391153/ /pubmed/25883822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/460208 Text en Copyright © 2015 D. Cross and R. Jeanmonod. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391153/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/460208
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