title: Superselective embolization for severe traumatic epistaxis caused by fracture of the skull base.
abstract: Intractable epistaxis developed in a 13-year-old girl after she fell down a flight of stairs sustaining facial fractures and fracture of the skull base. Epistaxis was found to emanate from a right ascending pharyngeal artery, which the authors promptly and successfully embolized using polyvinyl alcohol particles and microfibrillar collagen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyasaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohwada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000293:injuries; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries