angioma

[an″je-o´mah]

a benign tumor made up of blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma). adj., adj angiom´atous.

angioma caverno´sum (cavernous angioma) cavernous hemangioma.

angioma serpigino´sum a skin disease marked by minute vascular points arranged in rings on the skin.

telangiectatic angioma an angioma made up of dilated blood vessels.

cav·ern·ous an·gi·o·ma

vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery; can be multiple, especially if inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait.

Synonym(s): nevus cavernosus

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cav·ern·ous an·gi·o·ma

(kav'ĕr-nŭs an'jē-ō'mă)

Vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery.

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cav·ern·ous an·gi·o·ma

(kav'ĕr-nŭs an'jē-ō'mă)

Vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery.

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Atopic myelitis did not recur, but cavernous angioma was totally resected because its growth was identified (Figures 2(a) and 2(b)).

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Diagnosis and operative treatment cavernous angiomas of the central nervous system.

Factors associated with epileptic seizure of cavernous malformations in the central nervous system in West China

Acute Presentation of Spinal Epidural Cavernous Angioma: Case Report.

Spinal cord intramedullary cavernoma: a case report

Cavernous angiomas of the cauda equina: case report and review of the literature.

Rare nerve lesions of non-nerve sheath origin: a 17-year retrospective series

Follow-up MRI obtained on the 30th day after the onset of symptoms demonstrated a reduction in the volume of the lesion, as well as image characteristics typical of a cavernous angioma located immediately adjacent to Heschl's convolution in the left superior temporal gyrus (figure 2).

Central tinnitus: A case report. (Original Article)

Cortical and subcortical cavernous angioma: A comparison of patients with and without hemorrhage as the initial symptom.

Intracranial calcifications

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