Valentina Proietti, Juan Dib, Julian Simkim, Juan Carlos Razetti*, Federico Herranz and Carlos Santiago Ruggeri

Otorhinolaryngology Department of the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

*Corresponding Author: Juan Carlos Razetti, Otorhinolaryngology Department of the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires.

Received: April 14, 2023; Published: July 05, 2024

Abstract

Clinical cases of three pediatric patients who had bilateral spontaneous serous collections and septal hematoma located in the anterior sector of the nasal septum are described. None had a history of trauma or infection, and all were immunocompetent; one was diagnosed with hemophilia type B.
They were treated with antibiotics and surgical drainage with good evolution

Keywords: Septal Hematoma; Septal Seroma; Surgical Treatment; Pediatric

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Citation

Citation: Juan Carlos Razetti., et al. “Spontaneous Seroma and Septal Hematoma in Children".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 6.8 (2024): 14-19.

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Copyright: © 2024 Juan Carlos Razetti., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.