title: [Some reflections on the Klippel Trenaunay syndrome: A single entity or an association of vascular malformations].
abstract: The author started in the year 2000, in the St Marta Hospital, a consultation for congenital vascular malformations, that was extrapolated to the Pulido Valente Hospital - CHLN where he continues to see multiple patients with this type of pathology, mainly located to the extremities.The Klippel Trenaunay syndrome, which was described as a set of anomalies constituted by the presence of a cutaneous angiomatous malformation ( port wine stain ), varicose veins and gigantism of the limbs, is undoubtedly the most common malformations that he is asked to treat. So he thought that it would be interesting to undertake an actual review of this pathology.After analyzing the various components in question he  concludes that the condition  is undoubtedly a set of malformations ranging from a cutaneous component, to the venous and lymphatic malformations and clear the osseous component,  that causes the bone dysmorphic appearance, and that  is essential a multidisciplinary approach to achieve a final satisfactory therapeutic result.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Vascular do Hospital Pulido Valente, CHLN, Lisboa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pereira Albino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castro E Sousa
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amorim
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Gonçalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Gonçalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sobrinho
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meireles
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007715:Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications