Woodruff's plexus

Woodruff's plexus was discovered by George H. Woodruff in 1949. The plexus is located below the posterior end of the inferior concha, on the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.[1][2][3] He described it as the naso-nasopharyngeal plexus.[1]

  1. ^ a b Woodruff, GH (November 1949). "Cardiovascular epistaxis and the naso-nasopharyngeal plexus". The Laryngoscope. 59 (11): 1238–47. doi:10.1288/00005537-194911000-00003. PMID 15394264. S2CID 43177792.
  2. ^ Gleeson, Michael, ed. (2008). Scott-Brown's otolaryngology, head and neck surgery (7th ed.). London: Hodder Arnold. ISBN 978-0340808931.
  3. ^ "Woodruff plexus". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 18 July 2019.