AN ANUSUAL SIGN OF EPISTAXIS: BILATERAL HEMOTYMPANUM AND TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION

İnönü Üniversitesi Turgut Özal Tıp Merkezi KBB Anabilim Dalı, Malatya, Türkiye In hemotympanum, otorrhagia and ophtalmorrhagia could be seen after nasal tamponade. Though it is very uncommon, in epistaxis, hemotympanum and perforation of tympanic membrane may be seen spontaneously. In this case we reported a 27-year-old male with bilateral spontaneous hemotympanum and tympanic membrane perforation due to epistaxis ( Video 1 ). Although nasal packing is accused from hemotympanum and otorrhagia, in treated epistaxis cases, patient's false maneuver to cessation of hemorrhage or additional pathologies of homeostasis can be responsible from those complications. Keywords : Epistaxis, spontaneous hemotympanum, spontaneous tympanic membrane perforation, otorrhagia, ophtalmorrhagia