Cavernous venous malformation
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| Gross examination of the left orbital cavernous venous malformation. | |
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Cavernous venous malformations present as rounded, bright red or deep purple, spongy nodules, occurring chiefly on the head and neck and may involve both the skin and the mucous membranes.[1]
It can be associated with KRIT1, CCM2 or PDCD10.[2]
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References
- ↑ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. Page 584. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ↑ Pagenstecher A, Stahl S, Sure U, Felbor U (March 2009). "A two-hit mechanism causes cerebral cavernous malformations: complete inactivation of CCM1, CCM2 or CCM3 in affected endothelial cells". Hum. Mol. Genet. 18 (5): 911–8. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddn420. PMC 2640205. PMID 19088124.
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