English Explanatory Dictionary

Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome

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.

Synonyms

angioosteohypertrophy syndrome hemangiectatic hypertrophy Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome
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