The difference between AVM and CCM

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The difference between AVM and Cavernous Malformation

An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a site of abnormal connectivity between arteries and veins. It is basically like a tangle of worms, where the greatest concentration of worms in the central portion of the AVM (this part is the "nidus") is made up of abnormal blood vessels that are hybrids between true arteries and veins. AVMs are fed by one or several arteries, and are drained by one or more major draining veins; these feeding and draining vessels may be unusually tortuous (winding like ri…

I’ve been searching for information about CCM/Cavernoma/Cavernous Malformation and came across this interesting post - thought I’d cross post here in case it’s useful to anyone else