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Meanwhile, the genetic analysis was performed with their consent.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The first patient was a 62-year-old woman who had been complaining of shortness of breath and fever for 20\u00a0days. Her previous medical history included brain abscess drainage and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for a pulmonary hemangioma. A right heart catheterization revealed no pulmonary arterial hypertension, and an abdominal enhanced magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple arteriovenous malformations in the liver. Her <jats:italic>ACVRL1<\/jats:italic> heterozygous variants were discovered through whole-exon gene testing. The second case involved a 47-year-old woman who had been experiencing chest tightness for the past 2\u00a0years. Several years ago, she underwent brain abscess drainage and embolization of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. Ultrasound revealed generalized hepatic vascular dilation, and enhanced computed tomography revealed numerous pulmonary venous fistulas scattered in both lungs as well as multiple arteriovenous malformations in the liver. Her whole-exon gene testing revealed that she, like her son, had heterozygous <jats:italic>ENG<\/jats:italic> variants.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> HHT patients may experience infection, bleeding, dyspnea, and other symptoms. 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