A case of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease) with multiple polyps arising in the cecum and appendix

Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2011 Jun;74(2):352-4.

Abstract

We present the case of a 32-year-old female with cecal and appendiceal polyps that were removed by laparoscopy-assisted surgery. She also had recurrent nosebleeds due to telangiectases in the nasal mucosa and arteriovenous malformations in the lung, all of which contributed to the diagnosis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Appendix*
  • Cecum*
  • Colonoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Polyposis / complications*
  • Intestinal Polyposis / diagnosis
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / complications*
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed