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Hot nose sign. Frontal view of a radionuclide scan shows increased tracer activity in the nasopharyngeal region (arrows) suggestive of increased blood flow. Obstruction of the internal carotid artery from any cause leads to increased flow in the external carotid artery and increased tracer activity in the nasopharyngeal region (hot nose)
