Severe Recurrent Epistaxis - The Main Symptom of Hereditary Haemorrhagic Teleangiectasia

Severe Recurrent Epistaxis - The Main Symptom of Hereditary Haemorrhagic Teleangiectasia

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, is of dominant autosomal inheritance. Pathologic changes of vascular walls cause recurrent episodes of bleeding from many organ systems. Recurrent epistaxis is the first and the most frequent symptom of HHT. The...

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Main Authors: Lucanska M, Hajtman A, Pecova R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-12-01
Series:Acta Medica Martiniana
Subjects:
hereditary haemorrhagic teleangiectasia
rendu-osler-weber syndrome
epistaxis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/acm-2018-0016

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