NURS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Superior Vena Cava, Pancoast Tumor
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Usually treat with radiation to shrink the tumor to get normal blood flow. Don"t confuse with pancoast tumor associated with horner"s syndrome. So, svc syndrome has nothing to do with horner"s, as opposed to pancoast. Sturge weber syndrome web looks like a mini map on their face it"s a vascular malformation in the face and notice it"s in the trigeminal nerve distribution (making it easy to dz). However, on the same side of the brain there"s an av malformation, predisposing to bleeding. So, not only a vascular malformation of the face, but also an av malformation in the same side of the brain, which predisposes to bleeding. Also, these pts are a little mentally retarded. (some pts show it on the entire side of the face) Osler weber rendu aka hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia small telangiectasia in gi. Ad inheritance characterized by localized telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes and by recurrent hemorrhage from these lesions.
