Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

&amp;nbsp;A middle aged male patient was admitted in our medical ward with complaints of recurrent epistaxis for the past three years.&amp;nbsp;

History revealed that he had haemangiomas spread throughout his body, especially over the lips, tongue, buccal mucosa&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;

bulbar conjunctiva. His Family history is positive with his father having had similar complaints &amp;amp; his grand daughter with&amp;nbsp;

mild epistaxis. His hematological evaluation showed severe microcytic,hypochromic anaemia and raised Liver function tests.

USG Abdomen showed moderate hepatosplenomegaly with portal cavernoma. UGIE &amp;amp; Colonoscopy done which revealed&amp;nbsp;

multiple telangiectasias over tongue &amp;amp; palate &amp;amp; all over colon with maximum number in Caecum. Diagnosis is made&amp;nbsp;

clinically based on Curacao criteria as a case of Heriditary Hemmorrhagic Telangiectasia (Osler Weber Rendu syndrome) .The&amp;nbsp;

Genetic probability, pathophysiology, clinical features &amp;amp; management are discussed and literature is reviewed.

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