title: Ethanol sclerotherapy of rectal venous abnormalities in Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome.
abstract: Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the triad of capillary malformations, atypical venous malformations and varicosities and bony and/or soft tissue hypertrophy. We present the case of an 18-year-old man with KTS affected by haematochezia secondary to rectal venous malformations that was managed with endoscopic sclerotherapy. In this case, we compared the use of ethanol to phenol as a sclerosant.
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia n.p.s.agostinho@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agostinho
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Ludi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Solomon