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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2002;78:619-620; doi:10.1136/pmj.78.924.619
© 2002 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2002;78:619-620
© 2002 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

CASE REPORT

An unusual epistaxis

S Saunders1, C Young2

1 University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL
2 Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Liverpool, UK

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Correspondence to:
Dr Saunders;
simon{at}simple5.freeserve.co.uk

ABSTRACT

The case of a man who presented complaining of epistaxis is reported. He had coarctation repair 18 years previously. Subsequent investigation revealed an aortobronchial fistula resulting from false aneurysm formation distal to the original vessel anastamosis. This was repaired at surgery, the patient suffering a minor stroke, before rehabilitation and good recovery.

Keywords: epistaxis; coarctation of the aorta; aneurysm; aortobronchial fistula;


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