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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Paranasal sinuses]] [[CT scan]] is helpful in diagnosis causes of [[epistaxis]], when the [[cause]] is [[unknown]], also when [[epistaxis]] is heavy and/or recurrent.
[[Paranasal sinuses]] [[CT scan]] is helpful in diagnosis causes of [[epistaxis]], when the [[cause]] is [[unknown]], also when [[epistaxis]] is heavy and/or recurrent.
==Overview==
[[Paranasal]] CT scan can be helpful in the diagnosis of [[epistaxis]].


==CT scan==
==CT scan==
[[CT scan]] is not usually needed for [[epistaxis]]. In some patients [[Paranasal sinuses]] [[CT scan]] is needed: <ref name="KrajinaChrobok2013">{{cite journal|last1=Krajina|first1=Antonín|last2=Chrobok|first2=Viktor|title=Radiological Diagnosis and Management of Epistaxis|journal=CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology|volume=37|issue=1|year=2013|pages=26–36|issn=0174-1551|doi=10.1007/s00270-013-0776-y}}</ref> <ref name="Serravan Horn2019">{{cite journal|last1=Serra|first1=Raffaele|last2=van Horn|first2=Noel|last3=Faizy|first3=Tobias Djamsched|last4=Schoenfeld|first4=Michael Hinrich|last5=Kohlmann|first5=Patrick|last6=Broocks|first6=Gabriel|last7=Haag|first7=Pascal|last8=Fiehler|first8=Jens|last9=Habermann|first9=Christian Richard|last10=Karul|first10=Murat|title=Computed tomography findings in patients with primarily unknown causes of severe or recurrent epistaxis|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=14|issue=8|year=2019|pages=e0220380|issn=1932-6203|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0220380}}</ref>
[[CT scans]] can be helpful in diagnosis causes of [[epistaxis]],  when the [[cause]] is [[unknown]] or in cases of trauma:<ref name="pmid31369603">{{cite journal| author=van Horn N, Faizy TD, Schoenfeld MH, Kohlmann P, Broocks G, Haag P | display-authors=etal| title=Computed tomography findings in patients with primarily unknown causes of severe or recurrent epistaxis. | journal=PLoS One | year= 2019 | volume= 14 | issue= 8 | pages= e0220380 | pmid=31369603 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0220380 | pmc=6675056 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31369603  }} </ref>
 
*[[Head trauma]] patients with [[epistaxis]]
* [[Paranasal sinuses]] [[CT scan]] is helpful in diagnosis causes of [[epistaxis]],  when the [[cause]] is [[unknown]].
*Suspected [[nasal bone]] [[fracture]]
* [[Paranasal sinuses]] [[CT scan]] is helpful in some [[head trauma]] patients with [[epistaxis]].
*Heavy and/or recurrent [[epistaxis]]
* [[Paranasal sinuses]] [[CT scan]] is helpful in [[patients]] with heavy and/or recurrent [[epistaxis]].
*Tumor suspicion
 
*Inflammation of the paranasal sinuses.
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**Risks and benefits must be weighted because, in most cases of severe epistaxis, CT scans didn't add up much to the diagnosis.<ref name="pmid31369603">{{cite journal| author=van Horn N, Faizy TD, Schoenfeld MH, Kohlmann P, Broocks G, Haag P | display-authors=etal| title=Computed tomography findings in patients with primarily unknown causes of severe or recurrent epistaxis. | journal=PLoS One | year= 2019 | volume= 14 | issue= 8 | pages= e0220380 | pmid=31369603 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0220380 | pmc=6675056 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31369603  }} </ref>


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1],Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amir Behzad Bagheri, M.D.

Overview

Paranasal sinuses CT scan is helpful in diagnosis causes of epistaxis, when the cause is unknown, also when epistaxis is heavy and/or recurrent.

Overview

Paranasal CT scan can be helpful in the diagnosis of epistaxis.

CT scan

CT scans can be helpful in diagnosis causes of epistaxis, when the cause is unknown or in cases of trauma:[1]

  • Head trauma patients with epistaxis
  • Suspected nasal bone fracture
  • Heavy and/or recurrent epistaxis
  • Tumor suspicion
  • Inflammation of the paranasal sinuses.
    • Risks and benefits must be weighted because, in most cases of severe epistaxis, CT scans didn't add up much to the diagnosis.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 van Horn N, Faizy TD, Schoenfeld MH, Kohlmann P, Broocks G, Haag P; et al. (2019). "Computed tomography findings in patients with primarily unknown causes of severe or recurrent epistaxis". PLoS One. 14 (8): e0220380. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220380. PMC 6675056 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 31369603.

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