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Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)

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An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a vascular lesion that directly connects the arterial and venous circulations without an intervening capillary bed, and AVMs can occur most anywhere in the body including cerebral AVMs. AVMs are being increasingly documented and can cause several neurological symptoms and even death.

Epidemiology

The overall incidence and prevalence of cranial AVMs is not well known, but has been estimated by autopsy and limited population-based studies. Autopsy data shows that there is a frequency of detection of AVMs in about 4.3 % of the population. Population-based studies report a detection rate of 1/100,000 adults per year and a prevalence of 18/100,000 adults/year (Scottish population-based registry). A population-based study in Minnesota found a detection rate of 1.1/100,000 adults and 2.1/100,000 adults when autopsy cases were included. Cerebral AVMs underlie 1–2 % of all strokes and ~9 % of all subarachnoid hemorrhages.

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  1. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Pressler Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Alessandra Sugrañes

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6560 Fannin Street, Scurlock 450, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Sumayya J. Almarzouqi, Michael L. Morgan & Andrew G. Lee

  3. Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX, USA

    Andrew G. Lee

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

    Andrew G. Lee

  5. Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Andrew G. Lee

  6. Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Andrew G. Lee

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  1. Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Medical University of Wien Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Wien, Austria

    Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Department of Ophthalmology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Sugrañes, A., Almarzouqi, S.J., Morgan, M.L., Lee, A.G. (2015). Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs). In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_1255-1

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