Recurrent bleeding of oral vascular malformation in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an inherited disease characterized by mucocutaneous telangiectatic lesions, arteriovenous malformations and recurrent spontaneous epistaxis. A 61-year-old white male patient sought dental service because of a recurrent gingival bleeding. He had previously been diagnosed with HHT. His medical history included pulmonary hypertension, brain abscess, arterial hypertension, iron deficiency anemia, recurrent episodes of epistaxis and oral bleeding. Physical examination revealed numerous telangiectatic lesions on the face, tongue, buccal mucosa, palate, gums and a vascular malformation in the gingival papilla between teeth 11 and 12.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: CPP - Clinical Poster Presentation Source Type: research