TY - JOUR T1 - Posttraumatic epistaxis from injury to the pterygovaginal artery. JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 1148 LP - 1150 VL - 17 IS - 6 AU - N M Borden AU - D Dungan AU - B L Dean AU - R A Flom Y1 - 1996/06/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/17/6/1148.abstract N2 - Facial and skull base trauma can cause clinically significant epistaxis. Optimal evaluation and treatment require knowledge of the pertinent vascular and skull base anatomy. We describe a patient with extensive skull base injury and epistaxis in whom CT revealed a fracture through the roof of the nasopharynx and arteriography showed injury to the pterygovaginal (pharyngeal) artery. The fracture was successfully treated with transarterial particulate embolization. ER -