title: A case of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease) with multiple polyps arising in the cecum and appendix.
abstract: We present the case of a 32-year-old female with cecal and appendiceal polyps that were removed by laparoscopy-assisted surgery. She also had recurrent nosebleeds due to telangiectases in the nasal mucosa and arteriovenous malformations in the lung, all of which contributed to the diagnosis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. m.kaneko@fancy.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nozawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitayama
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sunami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akahane
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001065:Appendix; D002432:Cecum; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D044483:Intestinal Polyposis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed