title: Vaginal telangiectasias: unusual presentation of the Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) is an autosomal dominant disorder of blood vessels associated with mucocutaneous telangiectasis and arteriovenous malformations of internal organs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 23-year-old woman was found on routine gynecologic examination to have asymptomatic vaginal telangiectasias, a previously unreported initial site of involvement in this syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The finding of asymptomatic vaginal telangiectasias on routine pelvic examination should alert the clinician to the possibility of the Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome.
authors: Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Humphries
authors: H F
authors: HF
authors: Frierson
authors: P B
authors: PB
authors: Underwood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000473:pathology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*