Diseases

Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations

Congenital, inherited, or acquired abnormalities involving ARTERIES; VEINS; or venous sinuses in the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and MENINGES.

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Abstract

Congenital, inherited, or acquired abnormalities involving ARTERIES; VEINS; or venous sinuses in the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and MENINGES.

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37 entry terms
  • CNS Vascular Malformations
  • Central Nervous System Vascular Anomalies
  • Vascular Anomalies, Central Nervous System
  • Vascular Malformations, Central Nervous System
  • CNS Vascular Malformation
  • Malformation, CNS Vascular
  • Malformations, CNS Vascular
  • Vascular Malformation, CNS
  • Vascular Malformations, CNS
  • Capillary Telangiectasia, Brain
  • Central Nervous System Congenital Vascular Malformations
  • Cerebral Embryonic Artery, Persistent
  • Congenital Vascular Malformations, Central Nervous System
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
  • Embryonic Artery, Persistent, Cerebral
  • Persistent Cerebral Embryonic Artery
  • Pontine Capillary Telangiectasias
  • Vascular Malformations, Brain
  • Vascular Malformations, Congenital, Nervous System
  • Arteriovenous Fistula, Dural
  • Arteriovenous Fistulas, Dural
  • Brain Capillary Telangiectasia
  • Brain Capillary Telangiectasias
  • Brain Vascular Malformation
  • Brain Vascular Malformations
  • Capillary Telangiectasia, Pontine
  • Capillary Telangiectasias, Brain
  • Capillary Telangiectasias, Pontine
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
  • Malformation, Brain Vascular
  • Malformations, Brain Vascular
  • Pontine Capillary Telangiectasia
  • Telangiectasia, Brain Capillary
  • Telangiectasia, Pontine Capillary
  • Telangiectasias, Brain Capillary
  • Telangiectasias, Pontine Capillary
  • Vascular Malformation, Brain

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse entry terms CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIA, BRAIN and PONTINE CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIAS with TELANGIECTASIS

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History Note

2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Brain/abnormalities (1967-1999)
  • Cerebral Arteries/abnormalities (1966-1999)
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous (1964-1999)
  • Veins/abnormalities (1966-1999)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020785. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020785
  2. Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54945930