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Rendu‐Osler‐Weber syndrome in a 9 year old girl presenting with repeated haemoptysis
Author(s) -
ROBINSON P. J.,
PHELAN P. D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1989.tb01467.x
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , angiodysplasia , surgery , radiology , psychology , developmental psychology
A case is reported of Rendu‐Osler‐Weber syndrome presenting in a 9 year old girl as recurrent haemoptysis. Despite a normal chest X‐ray, the patient was found to have multiple areas of angiodysplasia in the major airways of her right lung.