RT Book, Section
A1 Stark, Christopher L.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181038043
T1 Nasal Injuries
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181038043
RD 2024/09/11
AB Nasal  fractures  that  require  intervention  are  almost  always  evident  with  deformity,  swelling,  laceration,  and  ecchymosis.  Fractures  to  adjacent  bony  structures,  including  the  orbit,  frontal  sinus,  or  cribriform  plate,  often  occur.  Epistaxis  may  be  due  to  a  septal  or  turbinate  laceration  but  can  also  be  seen  with  fractures  of  adjacent  bones,  including  the  cribriform  plate.  Septal  hematoma  is  a  rare  but  important  complication  that,  if  untreated,  may  result  in  necrosis  of  the  septal  cartilage  and  a  resultant  “saddle  nose”  deformity.  A  frontonasoethmoid  fracture  has  nasal  or  frontal  crepitus  and  may  have  telecanthus  or  obstruction  of  the  nasolacrimal  duct.