Close-up of the face of a patient affected by the Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome also known as hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. This is an inherited condition in which telangiectases,localised collections of distended blood capillaries,develop on the skin and mucous surfaces. They are 2-3mm in diameter,red in colour and become pale when pressed. Other symptoms include nose bleeding and iron-deficiency anaemia resulting from bleeding in the stomach or elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract. Death very rarely results from uncontrolled gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Treatment is limited to blood or iron replacement | |
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