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The nose being highly vascular with communications with intracranial venous sinuses, it is highly prone for emergencies due to trauma, infections and allergy.
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Vasudevan, T.L., David, S.S. (2016). Acute Nose Disorders. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7_22
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