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Woodruff's plexus-arterial or venous?

Cezar Octavian MorosanuCraig HumphreysStephanie EgertonClaire M Tierney
Published in: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA (2021)
Woodruff's original description of a venous plexus is supported by modern anatomical studies. There are a multitude of reports that Woodruff's plexus is arterial in nature, despite the absence of existing anatomical studies to support this notion. This misconception has likely arisen due to clinical associations in relation to posterior epistaxis.
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