Article Text
Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Severe pulmonary hypertension associated with hepatic arteriovenous malformation in a patient with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
Summary
We report a case of 46-year-old Asian woman with a history of recurrent epistaxis who presented with dyspnoea on exertion. Physical examination revealed mucocutaneous telangiectasias and signs of heart failure. Further evaluation showed huge hepatic arteriovenous malformation and severe pulmonary hypertension. This case demonstrates an uncommon manifestation of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia presented with severe pulmonary hypertension.
- cardiovascular medicine
- heart failure