Vascular Malformations

Cerebral vascular malformations can be classified by histopathology into 4 major types: Arterio-venous malformations (AVMs) Venous angiomas (developmental venous anomalies) Capillary telangiectasias and Cavernous malformations Arterio-venous malformations (AVMs) are congenital vascular lesions due to dysregulated angiogenesis. They are most often solitary but rarely could be multiple, in which case an underlying syndrome (e.g. hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia,…