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Images in emergency medicine
Bloody tears
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A 73-year-old patient with known arterial hypertension presented in the emergency department with a history of persistent bilateral epistaxis for 3 hours. While trying to stop the bleeding by pinching the anterior aspect of the nose against the nasal septum, …
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