Oral vascular malformation in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: a case report.
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an inherited mucocutaneous disease characterized by recurrent epistaxis, lesions on skin and oral mucosa, and arteriovenous malformations of the soft tissues. This article describes the treatment of a 64-year-old woman with a bleeding nodule, which was diagnosed as an arteriovenous malformation of the gingival mucosa. She was treated using sclerotherapy. Patients with HHT can be treated in the dental office and vascular malformations of these patients can be successfully managed with sclerotherapy, which eliminates the need for invasive surgical procedures and the possibility of postsurgical complications.
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Piracicaba, Brazil. renhopp@gmail.com
Renato Nicolás
RN
Hopp
Douglas Cardoso
DC
de Siqueira
Marcondes
M
Sena-Filho
Jacks
J
Jorge
D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D005260:Female; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*
D009829:Oleic Acids; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; C033343:ethanolamine oleate