What are vascular malformations?

Also known as: port wine stains, venous malformations, lymphatic malformations, arteriovenous malformations

A vascular malformation is an abnormality where clusters of blood vessels develop during fetal development. There are a number of subtypes including:

• “port wine stains” (capillaries)
• venous malformations
• lymphatic malformations
• arteriovenous malformations
• and mixed vessel conditions.

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Reviewed by: Anthony F. Rossi, MD

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM