A cavernous malformation is a mass of abnormal blood vessels that most often develops in the brain. Learn about symptoms, causes, treatment, and outlook.

Vascular malformations (e.g., stork-bite hemangiomas, port-wine stains [capillary vascular malformation], and masses of abnormal swollen veins [venous malformations]) persist into adulthood.

"We believe that specific mutations in Dusp-5 and Snrk-1 may provide keys to distinguish between hemangiomas and vascular malformations. Vascular malformations fall into different classes based on ...

Mulliken and Glowacki originally proposed a classification of vascular birthmarks that divided lesions into hemangiomas and malformations. A revised nosology, initially proposed at the ...

Genes May Predict Vascular Malformation In Common ... "We believe that specific mutations in Dusp-5 and Snrk-1 may provide keys to distinguish between hemangiomas and vascular malformations.

Most hemangioma surgery is planned after the hemangioma has completed its growth cycle, typically when a child is between six and twelve months old, ... Vascular Birthmarks and Malformations, ...

No other family member had a history of hypertension, stroke, hemangioma, or vascular anomalies. Physical examination. A 5 x 9 cm, diamond-shaped, red vascular plaque was visible on the left ...

Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are benign vascular tumors occurring in 4-5% of infants. ... they resemble other vascular anomalies and cannot be definitively diagnosed without biopsy.

Mulliken JB, Glowacki J : Hemangiomas and vascular malformations in infants and children: a classification based on endothelial characteristics. Plast Reconstr Surg 1982; 69: 412–422.