Difference between revisions of "Epistaxis"

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*Haemorrhage from the nose
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* [[Epistaxis and Nasal Discharge - Small Animals]]
*Can result from local trauma or just transfer blood from lower down in the respiratory tract
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* [[Epistaxis in the Horse]]
*May originate from nasopharynx or lower respiratory tract
 
*Causes
 
**Inflammation eg: [[Rhinitis|ulcerative rhinitis]]
 
**Neoplasia eg: [[Nasal Cavity Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology|infiltrating tumour]], haemangioma
 
**Trauma
 
**Clotting defects
 
 
 
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*Blood stained nose at post-mortem - terminal pulmonary congestion, oedema, haemorrhage
 
 
 
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*[[Epistaxis and Nasal Discharge - Small Animals]]  
 
*[[Epistaxis - Horse]]
 
 
 
[[Category:Respiratory_System_-_Degenerative_Pathology]] [[Category:Nasal_Cavity_-_Degenerative_Pathology]]
 
[[Category:Cardiology Section]]
 
[[Category:Cardiology Section]]
 

Revision as of 10:45, 8 October 2008