HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIS OCCURRING IN SIX GENERATIONS
Authors: William Waters Teahan
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Reports1 September 1939HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIS OCCURRING IN SIX GENERATIONSWILLIAM WATERS TEAHAN, M.D.WILLIAM WATERS TEAHAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-3-535 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis, as found in more than six generations of an English family, is a rarity of interest. This condition may be sometimes overlooked because the general practitioner is not familiar with it as an entity.Osler1described a series of three cases in 1901 and commented on an additional case reported by Rendu in 1896. Since then this condition has been called the Rendu-Osler disease. In 1907, Osler2wrote that telangiectatic areas in the skin increase as age advances, and that in the young such telangiectases are often temporary in character. He also noted that telangiectatic areas were...Bibliography1. OSLER W: A family form of recurring epistaxis associated with multiple telangiectasis of the skin and mucous membranes, Johns Hopkins Hospital Bull., 1901, xii, 333. Google Scholar2. OSLER W: On telangiectasis circumscripta universalis, Johns Hopkins Hospital Bull., 1907, xviii, 401. Google Scholar3. HURSTPLUMMER AFNS: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis with hemorrhagic tendencies, Guy's Hospital Rep., 1932, lxxxii, 81. Google Scholar4. LARRABEELITTMAN RCD: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis, New England Jr. Med., 1932, ccvii, 1177. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FITZHUGH T: The importance of atavism in the diagnosis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1923, clxvi, 884. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FITZHUGH T: Splenomegaly and hepatic enlargement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1931, clxxxi, 261. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. STEINER WS: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, Arch. Int. Med., 1917, xix, 194. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. WEBER FP: Hemorrhagic hereditary telangiectasia of Osler type, British Jr. Dermat. and Syphil., 1936, xlviii, 182. Google Scholar9. MEIKLE GJ: Hemorrhagic hereditary telangiectasia, a case, Lancet, 1933, ii, 863. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. HANES FM: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis, Johns Hopkins Hospital Bull., 1909, xx, 62. Google Scholar11. HOUSER KM: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis, Ann. Otol., Rhinol. and Laryngol., 1934, xliii, 731. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Holyoke, Massachusetts*Received for publication May 22, 1937.From the First Medical Service, Rhode Island Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPulmonary arteriovenous fistulasArteriovenous Pulmonary Aneurysms in Osler's Disease (Telangiectasia hereditaria haemorrhagica)Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Pulmonary Arteriovenous FistulaLVII Hereditary Hemorrhagic TelangiectasiaHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasisHEREDITARY HAEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA: A GENETIC AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY.Familial Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 1 September 1939Volume 13, Issue 3Page: 535-543KeywordsMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...