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The value of X-ray examination of the paranasal sinuses after epistaxis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Tom Vimpel
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen.
Jens Ulrijk Felding*
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Hjørring Hospital, Denmark.
Per Bonding
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen.
*
Jens Ulrik Felding, ENT Department, Municipal Hospital, 8000 Århus C. Denmark

Summary

In a number of Danish ENT departments, X-ray examination of the paranasal sinuses has been a routine procedure in cases of servere epistaxis of uncertain genesis two to four weeks after its treatment has been completed. The object has been to rule out cancer of the nose and/or paranasal sinsues. In the present study, the value of this procedure was assessed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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