Emergency tonsillectomy for pediatric spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage

Ahmed Aldandan; Omair Al Hussain; Salman Alhajri; Ali Almomen

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Feb 2020)

Emergency tonsillectomy for pediatric spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage

Ahmed Aldandan,
Omair Al Hussain,
Salman Alhajri,
Ali Almomen

Affiliations

Ahmed Aldandan: College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Omair Al Hussain: ENT Department, College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salman Alhajri: College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Ali Almomen: ENT Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author. Consultant rhinology and skull base surgery at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 53

Abstract

Read online

Since the advent of antibiotics, major spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage is extremely rare. The majority of the spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage events is associated with acute or chronic tonsillitis, coagulopathies, or tonsillar cancer. Here, we report a very rare case of spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage in a 7 year old girl managed by emergency tonsillectomy and IV antibiotic with no complications. Keywords: Pediatric spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage, Emergency tonsillectomy, Bleeding tonsils

Published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-5766 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pediatric-surgery-case-reports/

About the journal