Kiesselbach's plexus
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Kiesselbach's area, also Kiesselbach's plexus, Kiesselbach's triangle, and Little's area, is a region in the anteroinferior part of the nasal septum, where four arteries anastomose to form a vascular plexus called Kiesselbach's plexus. The arteries are[1]
- Anterior ethmoidal artery (from the ophthalmic artery)
- Sphenopalatine artery (from the maxillary artery)
- Greater palatine artery (from the maxillary artery)
- Septal branch of the superior labial artery (from the facial artery)
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[edit] Significance
Ninety percent of nose bleeds (epistaxis) occur in Little's area, as it is exposed to the drying effect of inspiratory current.[2][3]
[edit] History
Kiesselbach's plexus is named after Wilhelm Kiesselbach (1839-1902) a German otolaryngologist. James L. Little an American surgeon, first described the area in 1879, Kiesselbach published his paper in 1884. Little described the area as being "about half an inch .... from the lower edge of the middle of the column [septum]." [4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Little's area of nasal septum". lifehugger. pp. 1. http://mc.lifehugger.com/moc/554/littles-area-nasal-septum. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ Doyle DE. Anterior epistaxis: a new nasal tampon for fast, effective control. Laryngoscope. 1986 Mar;96(3):279-81.PMID 3951304.
- ^ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/835134-overview
- ^ Analysis of Epistaxis in Pregnancy, Little, J. L.: A hitherto undescribed lesion as a cause of epistaxis, with 4 cases, Hosp. Gaz., 6:5, March-Dec. 1879.
[edit] External links
- Epistaxis - utmb.edu
- Nose Anatomy - emedicine.com
- Nasal Anatomy - fpnotebook.com
