A 40-year-old male presents with recurrent epistaxis from the left nostril. Initial management with pinching the soft part of the nose and leaning for...

Question

A 40-year-old male presents with recurrent epistaxis from the left nostril. Initial management with pinching the soft part of the nose and leaning forward for 20 minutes has failed. You can see an actively bleeding point on the anterior septum. If a cautery device were available, what is Little's area and why is it significant?

Accepted Answer

Little's area (Kiesselbach's plexus) is an anastomotic area of vessels on the anterior nasal septum - it is the most common site of anterior epistaxis

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Little's area is on the lateral nasal wall

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Little's area is the nasal valve

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Little's area is in the posterior nasal cavity

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Little's area is the sphenopalatine foramen

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Little's Area - Epistaxis