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CONGENITAL ANGIODYSPLASIAS OF THE EXTREMITIES ARE A RELATIVELY RARE FINDING. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEIR ORIGIN REMAINS STILL UNKNOWN, THERE IS GREAT CONFUSION CONCERNING THEIR ETIOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT. THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENT THESIS, CONTAINS A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE SUBJECT. AFTER BRIEFLY DESCRIBING THE HISTORY OF THE DISEASE, THE EMBRYOLOGY OTHE VASCULAR SYSTEM OFTHE EXTREMITIES IS REFERED TO AND THE PRINCIPLE KNOWN PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMSOF THE DISEASE ARE EXTENSIVELY EVALUATED. AS A FURTHER STEP FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE, MALAN'S CLASSIFICATION IS DESCRIBED IN EVERY DETAIL, PROPOSED AS THE BEST AVAILABLE TO DATE. SYMPTOMS AND CLINICAL FINDINGS, ASWELL AS THE AVAILABLE LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED. THE PROPOSED SURGICAL OR CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF CHOICE IS THE LAST TOPIC OF THE FIRST PART OF THIS THESIS. IT CONTAINS ALL AVAILABLE THERAPEUTIC SOLUTIONS,WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN DETAIL AND EVALUATED IN EXTEND. ...
CONGENITAL ANGIODYSPLASIAS OF THE EXTREMITIES ARE A RELATIVELY RARE FINDING. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEIR ORIGIN REMAINS STILL UNKNOWN, THERE IS GREAT CONFUSION CONCERNING THEIR ETIOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT. THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENT THESIS, CONTAINS A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE SUBJECT. AFTER BRIEFLY DESCRIBING THE HISTORY OF THE DISEASE, THE EMBRYOLOGY OTHE VASCULAR SYSTEM OFTHE EXTREMITIES IS REFERED TO AND THE PRINCIPLE KNOWN PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMSOF THE DISEASE ARE EXTENSIVELY EVALUATED. AS A FURTHER STEP FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE, MALAN'S CLASSIFICATION IS DESCRIBED IN EVERY DETAIL, PROPOSED AS THE BEST AVAILABLE TO DATE. SYMPTOMS AND CLINICAL FINDINGS, ASWELL AS THE AVAILABLE LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED. THE PROPOSED SURGICAL OR CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF CHOICE IS THE LAST TOPIC OF THE FIRST PART OF THIS THESIS. IT CONTAINS ALL AVAILABLE THERAPEUTIC SOLUTIONS,WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN DETAIL AND EVALUATED IN EXTEND. IN THE SECOND PART 21 PATIENTS PRESENTING CONGENITAL ANGIODYSPLASIAS, ADMITTED IN THE 1ST UNIV.SURGICAL DEPT. OF ATHENS UNIVERSITY, BETWEEN 1969 AND 1978 WERE INVESTIGATED. OUR CONCLUSIONS MAY BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:1. THE NEED OF A FULL ANGIOGRAPHIC STUDY WHICH MIGHT REVEAL RELEVANT FACTORS CONCERNING THE DIAGNOSIS AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT IS IMPERATIVE. 2. IN SPITE OF THE (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
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