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The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Approach in a Patient with Long-term Multisystemic Manifestations of Unrecognized Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Vesna Sredoja Tišma
; Dermatovenerology Unit, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Vlašić
; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Petar Gulin
; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Renata Huzjan Korunić
; Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
ABSTRACT Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also called Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant multisystemic vascular disorder, characterized by widespread mucocutaneous teleangiectasias, frequent visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and a tendency for bleeding. This diagnosis should be suspected in all dermatological patients with generalized mucocutane-ous vascular lesions at sites of predilection, associated frequent epistaxis and a positive family history. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, the role and timely cooperation of dermatologists and otorhinolaryngologists in the early clinical recognition and diagnosis of the disease. We present a family case of a 63-year - old patient with typical clinical features of HHT and long-standing multisystemic complications of unrecognized disease.
Ključne riječi
hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia; multidisciplinary approach; mul-tisystemic manifestations
Hrčak ID:
293997
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Datum izdavanja:
2.5.2022.
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