Identifying underlying bleeding diathesis that is amenable to medical therapy must be determined to provide timely treatment and minimize morbidity. Nasal bleeding is viewed as an annoyance by most who suffer from its episodes. However, it can at times be a baleful ailment that can compromise a patient's airway, breathing, and circulation, which can result in death. A 75-year-old Hispanic man presented with life-threatening epistaxis and was ultimately diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM). The patient suffered profuse bleeding and hemodynamic compromise, requiring endoscopic nasal packing, red cell transfusions, platelet transfusions, and right external carotid artery angiogram with maxillary arteries embolization prior to chemotherapy. Embolization of maxillary arteries helped to stabilize the patient to diagnose MM and start definitive management with chemotherapy. On data review, we could not find another case with severe epistaxis secondary to MM, which was controlled with endovascular embolization. This case highlights the difficulties in managing a rare condition and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in patients who present with life-threatening epistaxis secondary to plasma cell dyscrasia.
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