Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. 1998

V K Sharma, and C W Howden
Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) or Osler-Rendu-Weber (ORW) disease is an autosomal-dominant disorder that frequently presents with gastrointestinal bleeding which may be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Hepatic involvement in this disease is increasingly recognized and poses another therapeutic challenge. With advances in genetic screening and diagnostic procedures, and the increasing awareness of the condition by physicians and patients, this disease is being diagnosed more often. This article reviews the available literature on gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of HHT, and the various diagnostic and therapeutic modalities available for its management.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005820 Genetic Testing Detection of a MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; or specific ALLELES associated with genetic traits, heritable diseases, or predisposition to a disease, or that may lead to the disease in descendants. It includes prenatal genetic testing. Genetic Predisposition Testing,Genetic Screening,Predictive Genetic Testing,Predictive Testing, Genetic,Testing, Genetic Predisposition,Genetic Predictive Testing,Genetic Screenings,Genetic Testing, Predictive,Predisposition Testing, Genetic,Screening, Genetic,Screenings, Genetic,Testing, Genetic,Testing, Genetic Predictive,Testing, Predictive Genetic
D006471 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013683 Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic An autosomal dominant vascular anomaly characterized by telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes and by recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. This disorder is caused by mutations of a gene (on chromosome 9q3) which encodes endoglin, a membrane glycoprotein that binds TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA. Osler-Rendu Disease,Rendu-Osler-Weber Disease,Weber-Osler Disease,Weber-Osler Syndrome,Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia,Osler's Disease,Osler-Rendu-Weber Disease,Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome,Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, Type 1,Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, of Rendu, Osler, and Weber,Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary,Osler Disease,Osler Rendu Disease,Osler Rendu Weber Disease,Osler Weber Rendu Syndrome,Rendu Osler Weber Disease,Weber Osler Disease,Weber Osler Syndrome

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