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Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine

Klippel–Trénaunay Syndrome – A Very Rare and Interesting Syndrome

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Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine 2015:9 1-4

Case report

Published on 05 Mar 2015

DOI: 10.4137/CCRPM.S21645


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Abstract

Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome (KTS or KT) is an infrequently seen dermatological syndrome, which is often viewed as a triad of vascular malformation (capillary malformations or port-wine brands), venous varicosity, and soft tissue and/or bony hypertrophy. We report a case of a 12-year-old male who presented to us with the symptoms of varicose plaques over both lower limbs and was diagnosed as a case of KTS. Management is normally conservative and includes stockings for compression of the branches to reduce edema because of chronic venous insufficiency; modern devices that cause on and off pneumatic compression; and rarely, surgical correction of varicose veins with lifelong follow-up. The orthopedic abnormalities are treated with epiphysiodesis in order to prevent (stop) overgrowing of limb and correction of bone deformity.



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