Disease Information for Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome

A rare condition usually affecting one extremity, characterized by hypertrophy of the bone and related soft tissues, large cutaneous hemangiomas, persistent nevus flammeus, and skin varices; Klippel Trenaunay Syndrome; Angio-Osteohypertrophy Syndrome; Congenital Dysplastic Angiectasia; Elephantiasis Congenita Angiomatosa; Hemangiectatic Hypertrophy; KTS; KTW Syndrome; Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome; Osteohypertrophic Nevus Flammeus; Subdivision Parkes-Weber Syndrome; Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, a rare disorder that is present at birth , is characterized by abnormal benign growths on the skin consisting of hemangiomas, excessive growth of the soft tissue and bone of a leg and/or arm (limb), and varicose veins; (In individuals with the disorder, such hypertrophy typically affects one side of the body ; In many cases, hemangiomas may consist of distinctive purplish-reddish birthmarks ("port wine stain" or nevus flammeus) on certain areas of the skin; The symptoms and findings associated with the disorder may vary in range and severity from case to case;-------[NORD 2005]-------------------

Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome; Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome; Klippel-Trenaunay-Parkes Weber syndrome; Ollier-Klippel syndrome; Ollier-Klippel-Trenaunay symptom complex;Ollier-Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome;Parkes Weber"s syndrome; Trenauny’s syndrome; Weber syndrome;

Weber"s syndrome; Weber-Klippel syndrome; Aneurysma arteriovenosum, angio-osteohypertrophy syndrome, hemengiectatic hypertrophy of Parkes Weber, angio-osteo-hypertrophic syndrome, osteohypertrophic angioectases, osteohypertrophic-varicose nevus syndrome, haemangiectasias hypertrophy, haemangiectasia hypertrophicans, naevus vasculosus osteohypertrophicus, nevus osteophypertrophicus, osteo-angiohypertrophy,osteohypertrophic nevus flammeus syndrome, nevus verucosus hypertrophicans, phlebarteriectasis-osteohypertrophic varicose veins syndrome

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