A Rare Case of Klippel-Trénaunay Syndrome

Akshaya Arasu; Alam Khalil-Khan; Kavin Ilangovan G; Einstein Raju; Lavanya Gunasekaran; Ramprasath Sathiamoorthy

doi:10.7759/cureus.30128

A Rare Case of Klippel-Trénaunay Syndrome

Cureus. 2022 Oct 10;14(10):e30128. doi: 10.7759/cureus.30128. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Akshaya Arasu¹, Alam Khalil-Khan², Kavin Ilangovan G³, Einstein Raju¹, Lavanya Gunasekaran¹, Ramprasath Sathiamoorthy¹

Affiliations

¹ Radiology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai, IND.
² Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, GBR.
³ Medicine and Surgery, Government Medical College, Omandurar, Chennai, IND.

Abstract

The Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare form of a birth disorder that includes capillary malformation, hypertrophy of bones and soft tissues, and tortuous varicosities, as well as hypertrophy of the capillaries resulting in hemangiomas and port wine discoloration. KTS is also known as angio-osteohypertrophy syndrome and dysplastic angiopathy. In this case report, we describe the case of a 13-year-old female with multiple superficial varicosities on the medial aspect of her left leg since birth. Computed tomography angiogram assessed and identified abnormal venous drainage in the lower limb. Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome (KTWS) differs from KTS in that KTWS involves arteriovenous malformations.

Keywords: bony or soft-tissue hypertrophy; klippel-trénaunay syndrome; painful nevus; portwine stain; venous varicosities.

Publication types

Case Reports