We read with interest the article by Mitchell et al. 1 dealing with bevacizumab treatment of a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), cardiac failure, and portal hypertension due to severe liver vascular malformations (VMs). The treatment reversed the need for liver transplantatio
Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation: A rare manifestation of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
โ Scribed by Gulen Demirpolat; Ismail Oran; Gulgun Demirpolat; Sadik Tamsel; Mustafa Parildar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
We present Doppler ultrasound, computed tomography and angiography findings of a rare pancreatic arteriovenous malformation associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. ยฉ 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2009
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), or Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome, is a heterogeneous inherited disorder characterized by multi-systemic vascular dysplasia and wide variation in its phenotypic expression. Hepatic manifestation is seen in about 8 to 30 % of the patients. The molecular basis