Cordier Jean-François
Service de Pneumologie, Centre de référence des maladies orphelines pulmonaires, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, 69677 Lyon, Bron.
Bull Acad Natl Med. 2006 Nov;190(8):1683-95; discussion 1695-6.
Rendu-Osler disease (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) is a rare disease of genetic origin characterized by epistaxis, cutaneous and mucous telangiectases, and visceral arteriovenous malformations. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are a cause of paradoxical embolism leading to cerebral abscesses and ischemic strokes. Screening for pulmonary vascular manifestations by cardiac contrast echocardiography and imaging permits early vaso-occlusion of arteriovenous malformations.
