A telangiectasia commonly refers to a group of abnormally prominent capillaries that occur close to a mucosal surface. Rarely they are also referred to denote vascular malformations at other non-mucosal sites (e.g. capillary telangiectasias of the brain) 1.
Associations
There are numerous conditions associated with telangiectasias:
- hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
- CREST syndrome
- ataxia telangiectasia
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spider nevi
- cirrhosis
- pregnancy
- port-wine nevi
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