Editorial

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasias and Brain Abscesses

Authors: Michael R. Chicoine, MD

Abstract

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias (HHT), or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is an uncommon autosomal dominant disease characterized by visceral and mucosal telengiectasias and arteriovenous malformations of the lungs, brain, and other solid organs.1–3 The development of a brain abscess is an uncommon but potential complication of HHT, which results from the right-to-left pulmonary shunt and is believed to occur in less than 5% of patients with HHT.4

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