A 4-year-old child presents with bleeding from right side of nose. He also gets purulent discharge from the same side. The likely diagnosis is:
Unilateral purulent nasal discharge and bleeding from the nose in a child indicate a foreign body.In antrochoanal polyp and unilateral choanal atresia, the epistaxis is absent. Similarly unilateral maxillary sinusitis can cause purulent discharge but no significant bleeding.
Septal deviation with right maxillary sinusitis
Unilateral channel atresia
Antrochoanal polyp
Foreign body
Nose and PNS