[Rendu-Osler disease and recurrent thromboembolic venous disease]

Abstract

Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome is a rare systemic fibrovascular dysplasia, recognized by mucocutaneous telangiectasias, arteriovenous malformations, epistaxis and family history. Venous thromboembolic disease is a poor prognostic factor in this disease given the risk of increased bleeding caused by anticoagulant therapy. We report a new case of a 56-year-old patient with Osler disease who developed recurrent thromboembolic venous disease when anticoagulants were discontinued. According to a review of the literature, this association does not appear to be fortuitous and is a factor of disease severity.

Keywords: Maladie de Rendu-Osler; Maladie veineuse thromboembolique; Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome; Venous thromboembolic disease.