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SAMUEL L. FOX, M.D.; G. BROOKS WEST, Jr., M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1948;47(4):501-502.

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THOUGH epistaxis is a common occurrence in childhood, it is seldom of severe nature, and therefore its many causes are often overlooked. Among the chief causes of epistaxis occurring in children are presence of a foreign body, instrumentation, congenital syphilis, diphtheria, the acute exanthems, typhoid, rheumatic fever, malaria, septicemia, anemia, leukemia, purpura, scurvy, tuberculosis, tumors, noncancerous as well as cancerous, and, rarely, hereditary telangiectasia of the nose. In the majority of cases epistaxis, from whatever cause, occurs in the anterior portion of the septum and is usually not difficult to control. Although purpura is not a common cause of epistaxis in children, the case to be reported is interesting from an otolaryngologic standpoint because the presenting symptom and the first signs of the disease were referable to the ear, the nose and the throat.

REPORT OF A CASE

J. S., a 6 year old white boy, was brought to the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the Department of Otolaryngology, South Baltimore General Hospital.

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