Angioma

Large arteriovenous malformation in the area of ​​the brain, the tissue has mainly been replaced by the pathological convoluted blood vessels.

An angioma (also called a spongy blood spongy or aneurysm spongiosum ) is a tumor-like formation of new blood vessels or a developmental malformation.

to form

Tumor-like neovascularization - angioma / malformation - blood sponge

• Hemangioma
• Lymphangioma
• Glomus tumor
• Pyogenic granuloma, teleangiaticum
• Nevus araneus
• Naevus flammeus

Vascular malformation

These vascular malformations lead to a direct transfer of blood from an artery to a vein . This direct transition can consist of a greater or lesser number of abnormal blood vessels.

• Angiectasia
• Varix
• Cavernoma (cavernous hemangioma)
• arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Senile angioma

They pose a risk of bleeding, especially in the brain.

See also

Spetzler-Martin scale (classification to describe arteriovenous malformations)

literature

• Thomas: Special Pathology. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-7945-1713-X .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roche Lexicon Medicine. Urban & Fischer Verlag 2003, p. 82, ISBN 3-437-15150-9 .

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