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Septal perforation is a nasal condition discovered incidentally during an ENT clinical examination. Sometimes, patients may experiment epistaxis, septal crusts at the edge of perforation, nasal obstruction, whistling, rhinorrhea or even pain.
Doctors should be familiarized with the etiology of septal perforations in order to apply the best treatment possible. This etiology includes some of the following: iatrogenic, self-injury, drugs, inflammatory diseases, etc. A very good anamnesis and clinical examination should be performed. Also, paraclinical investigations are required depending on the particular situation. Treatment should be individualized and may include conservational techniques or applying of grafts/flaps for closing the septal perforation.
In this article, some of the most frequent causes of septal perforation are reviewed, with some examples from our clinic and short reminder of steps to be taken in this case.
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Septal perforation is a nasal condition discovered incidentally during an ENT clinical examination. Sometimes, patients may experiment epistaxis, septal crusts at the edge of perforation, nasal obstruction, whistling, rhinorrhea or even pain.
Doctors should be familiarized with the etiology of septal perforations in order to apply the best treatment possible. This etiology includes some of the following: iatrogenic, self-injury, drugs, inflammatory diseases, etc. A very good anamnesis and clinical examination should be performed. Also, paraclinical investigations are required depending on the particular situation. Treatment should be individualized and may include conservational techniques or applying of grafts/flaps for closing the septal perforation.
In this article, some of the most frequent causes of septal perforation are reviewed, with some examples from our clinic and short reminder of steps to be taken in this case.

Septal perforations – state of the art

“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

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Septal perforation is a nasal condition discovered incidentally during an ENT clinical examination. Sometimes, patients may experiment epistaxis, septal crusts...

Septal perforations – state of the art

Publié en ligne: 18 févr. 2023

Pages: 2 - 10

Reçu: 20 sept. 2022

Accepté: 30 nov. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2023-0002

Mots clés
septal perforation, nasal crusts

© 2023 Daniel Lupoi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Septal perforations – state of the art

Publié en ligne: 18 févr. 2023

Pages: 2 - 10

Reçu: 20 sept. 2022

Accepté: 30 nov. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2023-0002

Mots clésseptal perforation, nasal crusts

© 2023 Daniel Lupoi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
septal perforation, nasal crusts