Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
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Etymology
Described by the French physicians Maurice Klippel and Paul Trénaunay in 1900, and the German-British physician Frederick Parkes Weber in 1907 and 1918.
Noun
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome (uncountable)
- (medicine) A rare congenital medical condition in which blood vessels and/or lymph vessels fail to form properly. The three main features are nevus flammeus, venous and lymphatic malformations, and soft-tissue hypertrophy of the affected limb.
Synonyms
- angioosteohypertrophy syndrome
- hemangiectatic hypertrophy
- Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome
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