Anesthetic Experience of Extrathoracic Surgery in Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 837-840, 2002.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-176501
ABSTRACT
The Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) is an autosomal dominant disorder of blood vessels associated with mucocutaneous telangiectasis and arterivenous malformations in several organs. A pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae can cause hypoxemia, hemoptysis, polycythemia and clubbing. However the condition is often not recognized until the 3rd decade of life. The authors report a case of a 28-year-old male patient who had been suffering from telangiectasis of the upper lip and upper portion of the chin and unexpedly became undersaturated of hemoglobin through general anesthesia during an operation of the upper lip lesion.
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Main subject:
Polycythemia
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Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
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Telangiectasis
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Blood Vessels
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Arteriovenous Fistula
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Chin
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Hemoptysis
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Anesthesia, General
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Lip
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Hypoxia
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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