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Oral vascular malformation in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: a case report
Author(s) -
Hopp Renato Nicolás,
Siqueira Douglas Cardoso,
SenaFilho Marcondes,
Jorge Jacks
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2011.00218.x
Subject(s) - medicine , telangiectasia , sclerotherapy , mucocutaneous zone , vascular malformation , venous malformation , oral mucosa , arteriovenous malformation , nodule (geology) , surgery , dermatology , disease , pathology , paleontology , biology
ABSTRACT Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an inherited mucocutaneous disease characterized by recurrent epistaxis, lesions on skin and oral mucosa, and arteriovenous malformations of the soft tissues. This article describes the treatment of a 64‐year‐old woman with a bleeding nodule, which was diagnosed as an arteriovenous malformation of the gingival mucosa. She was treated using sclerotherapy. Patients with HHT can be treated in the dental office and vascular malformations of these patients can be successfully managed with sclerotherapy, which eliminates the need for invasive surgical procedures and the possibility of postsurgical complications.