Doppler ultrasound findings in Osler-Weber-Rendu disease with hepatic involvement: a case report.
A case of Osler-Weber-Rendu disease or hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia with hepatic involvement diagnosed by Doppler ultrasound is described showing an increased blood flow within the dilated common hepatic artery and multiple aneurysms of the intraparenchymal branches of the proper hepatic artery. Doppler ultrasound provides findings suggestive of hepatic involvement in this rare disease and allows invasive imaging studies to be avoided.
Pompili
M
M
Istituto di Clinica Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
Rapaccini
G L
GL
Marzano
M A
MA
Mastromatteo
A M
AM
Aliotta
A
A
Cedrone
A
A
Grattagliano
A
A
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography