 |
|
Osler's Disease With a Dissecting Aneurysm of the Aorta
J. R. THOMAS, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1965;116(3):448-449.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings. |
|
|
|
HEREDITARY hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler's disease) is a well recognized disease entity. It is manifested by (1) a hereditary tendency toward the disease, (2) the presence of typically distributed telangiectasia, and (3) the tendency of telangiectatic areas to bleed.1-2 Various associations with the disease have been described, ie, the occurrence of pulmonary arteriovenous shunts,3 aneurysms of the splenic 4 and hepatic arteries,2 and hemangiomas of the liver.5 Muggia reported a patient with this disease and an aortic arch aneurysm.6 It has been emphasized by Bean 2 and Muggia 6 that greater awareness of the association of this disease with aneurysms of large vessels might prove rewarding with respect to prognosis and therapeutic considerations in these patients. The following report deals with the presence of a dissection of the aorta in a patient with the disease. Such an occurrence has not been previously reported
Report of a Case
A 60-year-old white man
. . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]
Author Affiliations
MEMPHIS
From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital and the University of Tennessee, College of Medicine. Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee and Staff Physician, Veterans Administration Hospital.
Footnotes
Received for publication Jan 25, 1965; accepted Jan 29.
Reprint requests to Park Ave and Getwell St, Memphis, Tenn 38115.
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
|
