Spontaneous haemothorax in Osler-Weber-Rendu disease.
A case of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease) is described who presented with severe, central chest pain mimicking acute myocardial infarction, a presentation which has not been described before. He was found to have developed spontaneous haemothorax which is a very rare complication of this disease.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*