RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Near fatal haemorrhage 35 years after radiation for laryngeal cancer: emergency embolisation of a vertebral artery aneurysm
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP e26
OP e26
DO 10.1136/emj.2005.027896
VO 23
IS 4
A1 M Martinez Del Pero
A1 S Majumdar
A1 S C Coley
A1 A J Parker
YR 2006
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/4/e26.abstract
AB The authors report a rare case of a 75 year old man who presented 35 years after radiotherapy for carcinoma of the larynx, with catastrophic bleeding through the mouth. Both the time and mode of presentation were unusual. The patient required emergency sacrifice of the left vertebral artery to stop the bleeding. The literature has been reviewed.