Current guidelines for diagnosis and management of hepatic involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia

Table 1 Curaçao diagnostic criteria of hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia

Curaçao criteria	Description
Epistaxis	Spontaneous and recurrent
Teleangiectases	Multiple, at characteristic sites: Lips, oral cavity, fingers, nose
Visceral lesions	GI telangiectasia, pulmonary, hepatic, cerebral or spinal AVMs
Family history	A first degree relative with HHT
Number of criteria	HHT diagnosis
3-4	Definite
2	Possible
0-1	Unlikely

AVMs: Arteriovenous malformations; HHT: Hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia.