Subcutaneous temporal abscess as a clinical manifestation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in a patient with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease).
This is the report of a rare case of a temporal abscess that developed in the presence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in a patient with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Little has been described about abscesses occurring in soft tissues in patients with HHT in previous reports. In the case of a subcutaneous abscess of unknown primary in the head and neck region in patients with HHT, the clinician needs to consider septic microemboli due to pulmonary arteriovenous malformations as a possible cause. The classic dermal manifestation of HHT should be enlarged to include subcutaneous abscess secondary to metastatic septic microembolism.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Plastic Surgery, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*; D013701:Temporal Bone