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- Title
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Sickle Cell Trait Patient: A Report of a Rare Case with Use of Nuclear Medicine, and a Literature Review.
- Authors
Hye Chung Kang; Martins Pereira, Miguel Augusto; Lessa Silva, Lucas Natã; Oliveira, Lucas Caetano; Silva Márvila, Igor
- Abstract
Objective: Rare disease Background: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant disease. Case Report: Here, we report a case of a 49-year-old Brazilian woman with a history of multiple hospitalizations, sometimes life-threatening anemia, and uncommon clinical manifestations. Conclusions: We provide a brief literature review regarding the most common signs and symptoms, history, diagnosis, and treatment. Special attention is given to the techniques for identifying hemorrhagic areas, to the presence of angiodysplasia in gastric tissue, and the identification of sickle cell trait, this being an unprecedented hematological condition in the presentation of the disease. Thus, further studies on the relationship between sickle cell trait and the syndrome are needed.
- Subjects
SICKLE cell trait; HEREDITARY hemorrhagic telangiectasia; NUCLEAR medicine; LITERATURE reviews; SYMPTOMS; GENETIC disorders
- Publication
American Journal of Case Reports, 2020, Vol 21, p1
- ISSN
1941-5923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12659/AJCR.923355