Hereditary benign telangiectasia in monozygotic twins with no family history

A case of benign hereditary telangiectasia without family history

“…Main differential diagnoses include: hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia with mucosal and visceral cutaneous lesions associated with pathological bleeding; generalized essential telangiectasia affecting primarily the lower extremities in women with 40-50 years of age; spider angiomas, usually found in pregnant women and patients with liver diseases; unilateral nevoid telangiectasia with skin and mucosal lesions, showing unilateral distribution along a dermatome; and telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans caused by the massive infiltration of mast cells in the upper dermis with dilated capillaries, shown in anatomopathology through specific staining. 4 , 5 …”

“…Luiti et al. 5 have recently reported the first case of BHT in the literature without family history in monozygotic twins.…”