Week 2 - Vascular Disorders Flashcards
Abnormal bleeding involving the loss of red blood cells from the microcirculation.
Purpura
Characterized by obvious hemorrhages into the skin and mucous membranes that appear as extensive areas of red or dark-purple discoloration.
Purpura
If small, purplish hemorrhagic spots on the skin or mucous membranes are evident, it is called.
Petechiae
If the patches of bleeding into the tissues are larger, this is referred to as
Ecchymosis
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Autosomal Dominant
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Characterized by thin-walled blood vessels.
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
○ Discontinuous endothelium
○ Inadequate smooth muscle
○ Inadequate or missing elastin in the stroma
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Manifests by puberty and progresses throughout life.
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Universal finding of Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Epistaxis
Mutations in the ENG gene.
Type 1 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Mutations in the ACVRL1 gene.
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia type 2
Unknown mutation of HHT
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia type 3
caused by mutations in the gene SMAD4.
Juvenile Polyposis/HHT
Dilated superficial blood vessels that create small,
focal red lesions.
Telangiectasia
The lesions blanch when pressure is applied.
Telangiectasia
● Most obvious on the face, lips, tongue, conjunctiva, nasal mucosa, fingers, toes, trunk, and under the tongue.
● Fragile and prone to rupture.
Telangiectasia
Diagnosis of HHT
Based on the consensus clinical criteria of Curacao.
Presence of 3 out of 4 criteria:
○ Spontaneous recurrent epistaxis
○ Cutaneous telangiectasia
○ Visceral involvement
○ Familial heredity
Other Disorders with Telangiectasia
Cherry-redhemangioma
Ataxia-Telangiectasia (Louis-Bar Syndrome)
Chronic Actinic Telangiectasia
Hemangioma-Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
Hereditary basis has not been established, but condition is present at birth
Hemangioma-Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
Giant hemangioma may occur
congenitally soon after birth or affect the skin, liver, and spleen.
Either visceral or subcutaneous, but rarely both.
Hemangioma-Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
External hemangiomas may become engorged with blood and resemble hematomas.
Hemangioma-Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
Giant Cavernous Hemangioma (Vascular Tumor)
Complications
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Associated disease of Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
Giant Cavernous Hemangioma (Vascular Tumor)
Thrombocytopenia
Bleeding diathesis
Thrombocytopenia complications
Sequestration of platelets in hemangiomas
Bleeding Diathesis complications
Acute or chronic disseminated intravascular coagulopathy