TREATMENT OF HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA WITH THE FLASHLAMP-PULSED DYE-LASER

The management of epistaxis in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic t elangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu) is often a perplexing problem. In th e past, cautery, cryosurgery, and septodermoplasty have all been used with varying degrees of success. The Candela flashlamp-pulsed dye lase r was developed for management of vascular lesions (port-wine stains a nd telangiectasia). The results of our prospective trial utilizing thi s laser in the treatment of intranasal telangiectasia in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia are presented.