Neurologic Manifestation as Initial Presentation in a Case of Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Authors: Yeow Kwan Teo and Ai Ching Kor
Publication Date: 20 May 2010
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports 2010:3 15-19
Yeow Kwan Teo and Ai Ching Kor
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Abstract
Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome is an uncommon autosomal dominant multi-organ condition of vascular dysplasias. We describe a 19 year old Indian female who presented with cerebral abscess secondary to paradoxical emboli from pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) associated with HHT. Cerebral, pulmonary, hepatic and gastrointestinal involvement can be life-threatening and it is important to have lifelong follow-ups on these patients.
Keywords: hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, paradoxical emboli, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, cerebral abscess
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