Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome

Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome (Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia)
What is Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome?
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Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
Alternate Names : Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, HHT
Definition ...

Chronic disease, such as cancer or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
Drugs that suppress the immune system (corticosteroids or chemotherapy)
Right-to-left heart shunts, usually the result of congenital heart disease ...

Angiodysplasia of the colon is very rarely related to other diseases of the blood vessels, including Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome.

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)
Multiple impacted supernumerary teeth and osteomas
Gardner's syndrome ...

A weakened immune system (such as in AIDS patients)
Chronic disease, such as cancer or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
Drugs that suppress the immune system (corticosteroids or chemotherapy)
Right-to-left heart shunts ...

Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome
Nevus flammeus such as port-wine stain
Spider angioma
Sturge-Weber disease
Xeroderma pigmentosa ...

Angiodysplasia of the colon is not related to cancer. It is very rarely related to other diseases of the blood vessels, including Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome.

Familial Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Osler-Rendu Disease
Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome ...

Gene Test: SMAD4-Related Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Gene Tests: ACVRL1-Related Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Gene Tests: ENG-Related Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome ...

See also: Symptom, Cancer, Bleeding, Surgery, Prevention