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arteriovenous malformations

Wednesday 26 November 2003

arterioveinous malformation, arterio-venous malformation, AVM

Images

- Arterio-venous malformation

Digital slides

- UI:940 : Arteriovenous malformation - Brain - Cavernous hemangioma

Localization

- cerebral arteriovenous malformation (MIM.108010)
- pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (MIM.265140)
- hepatic arteriovenous malformation
- cutaneous arteriovenous malformation
- digestive arteriovenous malformation

  • intestinal arteriovenous malformation

Predisposition syndromes

- hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia type 1 (HHT-1) (MIM.187300) (9q34.1 and endoglin mutations)
- hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2 (HHT-2) (MIM.600376) (12q and activin receptor-like kinase-1 gene mutations ACVRLK1 (MIM.601284)
- hereditary neurocutaneous angioma (MIM.106070)

Associations

- angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (MIM.600419)

Differential diagnosis

- cerebral cavernous malformations (MIM.116860)
- juvenile polyposis (MIM.175050)
- lymphedema (MIM.152900)

Videos

- Cerebral arteriovenous malformation by Washington Deceit

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See also

- vascular dysplasias

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