[İdiopathic spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage].
Since the advent of antibiotics, major spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage is extremely rare. The majority of the spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage events is associated with acute or chronic tonsillitis, coagulopathies, or tonsillar cancer. A 36-year-old female patient was admitted to the otolaryngology department with the complaint of tonsillar hemorrhage. The patient had no history of prior trauma, coagulopathy, malignancy and infection sign. Preoperatively, carotid angiography was performed to detect any arteriovenous malformation of tonsillar vessels. The carotid angiography results were within normal ranges. The patient underwent tonsillectomy and no perioperative complication was occurred. Management of idiopathic spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage may be challenging for the clinician and may require tonsillectomy.
Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Başkent University, 06490 Bahçelievler, Ankara, Turkey. alperkoycu@gmail.com.
Alper
A
Köycü
Selim Sermed
SS
Erbek
Hatice Seyra
HS
Erbek
Fatih
F
Boyvat
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000098:blood supply*; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000379:methods*