Ethanol sclerotherapy of rectal venous abnormalities in Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
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Ethanol sclerotherapy of rectal venous abnormalities in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the triad of capillary malformations, atypical venous malformations and varicosities and bony and/or soft tissue hypertrophy. We present the case of an 18-year-old man with KTS affected by haematochezia secondary to rectal venous malformations that was managed with endoscopic sclerotherapy. In this case, we compared...
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Figure 1. Asymmetric hypertrophy of the left arm and in particular the left first and second digit macrodactyly.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rju080