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Assessment of Maternal Vascular Remodeling During Pregnancy in the Mouse Uterus
Published on: December 5, 2015
Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome during pregnancy
1Obstetrics Gynaecology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto-Maternidade Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal. dr.inocencio@gmail.com
Abstract:
Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome is a very rare systemic fibrovascular dysplasia. Rupture of angiomas can cause haemorrhages, which sometimes can be severe with difficult bleeding control. The main manifestation is recurrent epistaxis. Treatment of this disorder is symptomatic. During pregnancy, there may be an increased risk of complications. We describe a case of a pregnant woman with Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome. Besides frequent epistaxis and microcytic hypochromic anaemia that resolved with oral iron treatment, she had a normal pregnancy, vaginal delivery and puerperium without complications.
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