Allergy to Merocel nasal packs causing septal perforation and inferior turbinate necrosis.
We present a case of a patient with an allergy to Merocel nasal tampons and the subsequent complications and implications of this.
Dowley
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AC
Department of Otolaryngology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2JZ, UK.
Strachan
D R
DR
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000150:complications; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors