ALLMedicine™ Capillary Malformation Center

Jun 22nd, 2022 - Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is characterized by bilateral vestibular schwannoma (VS) more often in adults but a severe paediatric form with multiple neurological tumours is also described. In this population, a early diagnosis is important to p...

Jun 19th, 2022 - Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a neurocutaneous disorder characterized by clinical manifestations involving the brain, eye and skin. SWS is commonly caused by somatic mutations in G protein subunit Alpha Q (GNAQ). Subunit Alpha 11 (GNA11) mutation...

Jun 13th, 2022 - Disseminated bluish nodules with a protruded right eye: untypical presentation of capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation (CM-AVM).|2022|Xu JM,Li F,Qu T,Jin HZ,|

Jun 1st, 2022 - Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a sporadic, congenital, neuro-cutaneous disorder characterized by a mosaic, capillary malformation. SWS and non-syndromic capillary malformations are both caused by a somatic activating mutation in GNAQ encoding the ...

May 4th, 2022 - A 23-day-old boy with prenatal diagnosis of basilar artery aneurysm presented with multiple congenital red patches consistent with capillary malformations. Genetic testing confirmed the presence of a heterozygous pathogenic variant of the RASA1 ge...

Sep 3rd, 2020 - Port-wine stain (PWS) is a congenital capillary malformation characterized by ectatic capillaries and postcapillary venules located predominantly in the papillary and mid-reticular layers of the dermis. It has an incidence of 3-5/1000 newborns and...

Mar 21st, 2019 - Port-wine mark (PWM) represents a congenital capillary malformation,characterized by dilation and malformation of dermal capillaries that lack endothelial proliferation. It is frequently seen in the facial distribution of the trigeminal nerve. PWM...

Jun 27th, 2017 - Capillary malformations are congenital abnormalities of the capillaries in the skin. These abnormally developed blood vessels cause a red color of the skin (also known as 'port-wine stain'),often in combination with a cobble-stone like aspect of t...

Aug 25th, 2015 - Capillary malformations, specifically port wine stains, occur in one of every 12,000 live births (0.3% of newborns) with 90% on the face or neck. Pulsed dye laser therapy targeted at hemoglobin (i.e., 585 nm ± 5 nm) is commonly used to lessen the ...

Sep 1st, 2014 - Cutaneous Arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) rare congenital high-flow vascular malformations in which arteries and veins are directly connected through a complex web of abnormal arteries and veins instead of a normal capillary network. Arterial ...

May 13th, 2021 - Emerging data suggest that molecular classification of vascular anomalies can improve prognostication and treatment for babies born with these malformations, according to Beth Drolet, MD. “We now know that 75%-80% of vascular malformations have ge.

Nov 10th, 2020 - Capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation syndrome Capillary Malformation-arteriovenous malformation syndrome (CM-AVM) is a rare vascular disorder characterized by the presence of capillary malformations with or without arteriovenous malfo.

Feb 13th, 2020 - The Diagnosis: Capillary Malformation-Arteriovenous Malformation Syndrome Capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation (CM-AVM) was suspected, and a sample of the patient's blood was sent for a diagnostic genetic workup. DNA sequencing evalua.

Dec 19th, 2019 - To the Editor: Port-wine stains (PWSs) are the most common type of vascular malformations. Patients rarely develop cancers in the overlying skin.

Mar 28th, 2019 - The presence of the large red to purple, well-demarcated patches with a lateral predilection led the FP to diagnose a port-wine-stain. 1,2 Port-wine-stains are a type of capillary malformation that fall under the over-arching category of “simple va.