Hereditary benign telangiectasia: a congenital type.
Hereditary benign telangiectasia (HBT) is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, and in all the cases reported in the past it developed after birth. We describe 3 congenital cases of HBT in the same Japanese family: a 29-year-old father and his 5-month- and 2-year-old daughters have had scattered erythematous patches of various sizes in diameter since birth.
Watanabe
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Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Tomita
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Tagami
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D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004890:Erythema / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology