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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome)

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome)
Multiple telangiectatic clusters of vessels on mucous membranes and skin that tend to bleed easily. Here shown on the lower tarsal conjunctiva and on the tongue. Autosomal dominant disease.
McCuen, Brooks, M.D., Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, USA
I78.0
Conjunctiva -> Tumor, Neoplasma -> Benign -> Vascular Tumors
congenital syndromes
5073
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