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Use of estrogen in treatment of familial hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Author(s) -
Harrison D. F. N.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198203000-00017
Subject(s) - telangiectasia , medicine , estrogen , surgery , dermatology
Within a 25 year period, 118 patients with a definitive diagnosis of familial hemorrhagic telangiectasia were treated for recurrent epistaxis. Twenty‐eight patients had dermoplasty but 67 patients received large dose estrogen therapy using ethinyl estradiol. The latter regime proved successful in every patient and the side effects and possible disadvantages of this treatment are considered in detail.