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Letters |16 January 2007

A Rare Mimic of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Conjunctivitis

Frederic Blanc, MD; Marie Fleury, MD; Andoni Echaniz-Laguna, MD, PhD; Sophie Giraud, MD, PhD; Jerome Szwarcberg, MD; Christine Tranchant, MD

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  • From University Hospital of Strasbourg and Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France.

    Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: None disclosed.

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Background: To our knowledge, no case report of arteriovenous malformation of the brain mimicking hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia has been described.
Objective: To describe a case of unilateral retinocephalic vascular malformation mimicking hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and conjunctivitis.
Case Report: A 37-year-old male janitor with a history of spontaneous and recurrent nose bleeding episodes presented with left leg paresis that slowly progressed over 2 years. He also had a right “red eye” and subtle telangiectases on the right side of his face (Figure, A). Neurologic examination showed left hemiparesis mainly affecting the lower limb, with a left Babinski sign...
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Blanc F, Fleury M, Echaniz-Laguna A, Giraud S, Szwarcberg J, Tranchant C. A Rare Mimic of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Conjunctivitis. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146:150–151. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-2-200701160-00018

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2007;146(2):150-151.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-2-200701160-00018

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