Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
Keywords: Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, Finger
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is also known as Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome. It is a rare inherited disorder that affects blood vessels throughout the body and is characterised by a tendency for bleeding (haemorrhage, American spelling ‘hemorrhage’), in particular recurrent epistaxis (nosebleeds); and skin telangiectasia (skin lesions resulting from dilation of blood vessels).
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