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  • Title: Fulminant post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage caused by aberrant course of the external carotid artery.
    Author: Hofman R, Zeebregts CJ, Dikkers FG.
    Journal: J Laryngol Otol; 2005 Aug; 119(8):655-7. PubMed ID: 16102227.
    Abstract:
    Haemorrhage, throat pain and otalgia are common complications following tonsillectomy. Haemorrhage is rarely life-threatening but in this paper we describe a fulminant secondary haemorrhage due to an aberrant external carotid artery in an eight-year-old boy. Acute surgical intervention with ligation of the external carotid artery was needed to control the bleeding.
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