Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Sickle Cell Trait Patient: A Report of a Rare Case with Use of Nuclear Medicine, and a Literature Review

Hye Chung Kang; Miguel Augusto Martins Pereira; Lucas Natã Lessa Silva; Lucas Caetano Oliveira; Igor Silva Márvila

doi:10.12659/AJCR.923355

02 July 2020 : Case report Brazil

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Sickle Cell Trait Patient: A Report of a Rare Case with Use of Nuclear Medicine, and a Literature Review

Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Hye Chung Kang^1AEF, Miguel Augusto Martins Pereira^2ABCEF*, Lucas Natã Lessa Silva^2ABCDEF, Lucas Caetano Oliveira^2BE, Igor Silva Márvila^2BE

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.923355

Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e923355

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Figure 3. Scintigraphy images revealing an accumulation of radiotracer (Technetium- pyrophosphate -99m-labeled red blood cell) in the topography of the cecum (B), ascending colon, and transverse colon (A, B) in the late images, compatible with gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Sickle Cell Trait Patient: A Report of a Rare Case with Use of Nuclear Medicine, and a Literature Review

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