1. Massive Pneumocephalus Following Merocel Nasal Tamponade for Epistaxis
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Gregory Hollis
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea ,Hemostatics ,Pneumocephalus ,Anterior epistaxis ,Formaldehyde ,medicine ,Humans ,Tampons, Surgical ,Aged ,Confusion ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Nasal tampon ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Epistaxis ,Polyvinyl Alcohol ,Anesthesia ,Emergency Medicine ,Female ,Tamponade ,medicine.symptom ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business - Abstract
Anterior epistaxis is commonly treated with Merocel nasal tampon insertion in preference to gauze packing. An 89-year-old patient was found to have cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and massive pneumocephalus immediately after removal of a Merocel tampon used for spontaneous anterior epistaxis. She later developed fever and mild confusion, but was well at three-month follow-up. The advantages and complications of Merocel nasal tamponade are briefly reviewed and compared with those of other methods of control of anterior epistaxis.
- Published
- 2000
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