Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia diagnosed by enteroscopy: a case report.

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a very rare autosomal dominant multisystemic disease. Patients with this disease usually present with punctate mucocutaneous telangiectasias and arteriovenous malformations. The diagnostic criteria currently in use are the Curaçao criteria.

Apoptotic colopathy as a manifestation of Good's syndrome.

The case was a 44-year-old patient with four years of evolution of respiratory infections, fever, weight loss of 30 kg and chronic diarrhea with inconclusive colonoscopy studies, managed as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with a history of thymomectomy four years previously. On physical examination, there was severe protein-calorie malnutrition, skin lesions compatible with herpes simplex infection and lower limb edema. Blood tests were requested when pancytopenia and hypoalbuminemia were negative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).