Rodríguez YD, Verdecia RME, Pérez FI, González BJC

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 724-727
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ABSTRACT

The case report of a 20 years young patient is presented, with the diagnosis of moderate hemoptysis who was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit from "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, where multiple tests were carried out whose results allowed to arrive to the definitive diagnosis of Rendu-Osler-Weber disease or hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. After the indication of other procedures, the patient had a satisfactory clinical course and he was discharged from the institution.

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