A neglected cause of anaemia: hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Authors

  • Sadhana Rajasekhar Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Rameshwar R. Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Ramkumar M. Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Jagadeesan M. Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Magesh Kumar S. Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20222404

Keywords:

HHT, Colonic polyp, Iron deficiency anemia

Abstract

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome is an inherited disorder characterized by vascular dysplasias leading to hemorrhages. If affects approximately 1 in 10,000 Caucasian people. The most common presentation is chronic and recurrent epistaxis whereas bleeding from other sites can lead to life-threatening complications.

Author Biographies

Sadhana Rajasekhar, Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Post graduate

Department of General medicine

Rameshwar R., Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

SENIOR RESIDENT 

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE 

Ramkumar M., Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE 

Jagadeesan M., Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE 

Magesh Kumar S., Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF DEPARTMENT 

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE 

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2022-09-23

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