Open AccessHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Author(s) -
Nagesh Kamat,
Saloni Bhatia,
Harpreet Singh,
Anil Shetty,
Shiran Shetty
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.153928
Subject(s) - medicine , telangiectasia , pathology , dermatology
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disorder, which affects various internal organs and has a tendency for bleeding. It has a classic triad of mucocutaneous telangiectasias, recurrent hemorrhages and positive familial history of first-degree relative. Epistaxis or gastrointestinal telangiectasia can be fatal in a small number of cases.