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Cerebral hemorrhage in monozygotic twins with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: case report and hemorrhagic risk evaluation
- Source :
- Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 20:164-169
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 2017.
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Abstract
- The authors present a case of monozygotic twins with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) who experienced cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) hemorrhage at a very young age. The clinical variables influencing HHT-related AVM rupture are discussed, and questions surrounding the timing of screening and intervention are explored. This is only the second known case of monozygotic HHT twins published in the medical literature, and the youngest pair of first-degree relatives to experience AVM-related cerebral hemorrhage. Evidence guiding the screening and management of familial HHT is lacking, and cases such as this underscore the need for objective and validated protocols.
- Subjects :
- Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
Male
0301 basic medicine
congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Clinical variables
Risk Assessment
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Diseases in Twins
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Rupture risk
Hemorrhagic risk
Telangiectasia
Cerebral Hemorrhage
business.industry
Infant
Arteriovenous malformation
Twins, Monozygotic
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Young age
030104 developmental biology
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Neurosurgery
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Medical literature
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19330715 and 19330707
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0051b9b2a79283f25f7ddd23d86d7ad6