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Subarachnoid hemorrhage in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Hemorragie sous-arachnoïdienne dans deux cas de telangiectasie. Hemorragique hereditaire

Subarachnoidalblutung der Teleangiectasia Hemorrhagica Familiaris

A report of two cases

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Summary

Two patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, who presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage and were investigated with cerebral angiography, are reported. Both showed multiple vascular malformations, and one showed a posterior communicating artery aneurysm which was treated successfully surgically.

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Compte rendu de deux cas de télangiectasie hémorragique héréditaire qui présentent une hémorragie sous arachnoidieane et furent investigués par angiographie cérébrale. Ces deux cas révèlent des malformations vasculaires multiples, et un des cas présente un anévrisme artériel postérieur communiquant qui a été traité avec succès par chirurgie.

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Eine Subarachnoidalblutung war das Initialsymptom bei 2 Patienten mit Teleangiectasia hemorrhagica familiaris. Angiographisch konnten in beiden Fällen multiple Gefäßmißbildungen nachgewiesen werden. Ein Aneurysma der A. communicans posterior wurde bei 1 Patienten erfolgreich operiert.

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  1. Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Veterans Administration Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

    R. T. Eto, J. D. Harley, P. M. Chikos & R. W. Graebner

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Eto, R.T., Harley, J.D., Chikos, P.M. et al. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Neuroradiology 8, 127–130 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341591

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