Hereditary benign telangiectasia: a congenital type

Dermatologica. 1990;181(2):152-3. doi: 10.1159/000247907.

Abstract

Hereditary benign telangiectasia (HBT) is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, and in all the cases reported in the past it developed after birth. We describe 3 congenital cases of HBT in the same Japanese family: a 29-year-old father and his 5-month- and 2-year-old daughters have had scattered erythematous patches of various sizes in diameter since birth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Erythema / congenital
  • Erythema / genetics
  • Erythema / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leg
  • Male
  • Telangiectasis / congenital*
  • Telangiectasis / genetics
  • Telangiectasis / pathology