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Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease)
- Source :
- The Lancet. 362:1490-1494
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- Correspondence to: Dr Uichiro Fuchizaki, Keiju Medical Center, 94 Tomioka-cho, Nanao, Ishikawa 926-8605, Japan (e-mail: fuchi@p1.coralnet.or.jp) Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber disease, is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by epistaxis, cutaneous telangiectasia (figure 3), and visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). The characteristic lesions in this disorder are telangiectases that consist of focal dilatations of postcapillary venules and AVMs. Recurrent epistaxis often restricts daily life, as in our patient (case presentation). AVMs can cause serious complications if located in the lungs, liver, or brain. Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease)
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Eponyms
business.industry
Vascular disease
General Medicine
Disease
Telangiectases
medicine.disease
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Angioma
Cutaneous telangiectasia
medicine
Humans
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
medicine.symptom
business
Telangiectasia
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 362
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Lancet
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8f519c024fae9d1afd1767dea98718f7
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14696-x