Vascular Anomolies Flashcards
What is the first order classification of vascular anomalies?
Vascular tumors
vascular malformations
What is the sub-classification of vascular tumours?
infantile hemangioma
hemangioendothelioma
angiosarcoma
Misc
What is the sub-classification of vascular malformations?
Slow-flow
capillary malformation CM
lymphatic malfomation LM
venous malformation VM
Fast flow
arterial malformation
Combined
What is the most common location for infantile hemangiomas?
head and neck
Describe what slow flow CM are and treatment.
Red macular lesions seen at birth and persist throughout life
Laser tx for cosmesis
Names three diseases associated with SF CM.
sturge weber
cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita
Macrocephaly-CM
Describe what SF VM look like and treatment.
Bluish compressible swellings
Can be painful
Can be extensive and lead to leg length discrepancy
At risk for systemic coagulopathy after trauma
Tx OR can have significant blood loss
tourniquet
Names three diseases associated with SF VM.
Glomuvenous malformation
Cutaneomucosal venous malformation
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
Describe what SF LM are and treatment.
Microcystic cmor combined
Tx lenticular excision
Dissect off skin, not malignant need not excise everything
May need to remove associated viscera
Post op, suction drainage
Name types of fast flow VM.
AVF
AVM
What are symptoms of AVF?
LE—edema, hypertrophy, trophic changes
UE—pain, digital ischemia, discoloration of the digits
What is an AVM?
Center call nidus has feeding vessels, micro and macro AVFS and ecstatic veins
Where are AVM most commonly found?
Intracranial, followed by limbs, trunk and viscera
How do you stage AVM?
I quiescence
Cutaneous blush, warmth (av shuntung on Doppler)
Stage II expansion
Bruit, audible pulsation, expanding lesion
Stage II destruction
Pain ulceration, bleeding, infection
Stage IV decompensation
Cardiac failure
What are indications to treat AVM?
pain ulceration, functional impairement, soft tissue and bony destruction and bleeding.
CHF
What is treatment for AVM?
Embolization alone or in combo
Embo nidus then resection next few days
What are variation of combine VM?
fast or slow
any combo of C, L, V, A
What is klippel-trenaunay syndrome?
slow flow Capillary-lymphaticovenous malformation
Large and small CM extremities and buttock
Lymphedema and LM in LE
Limb hypertrophy present at birth
What are side effects of KTS?
Infections, PE, thrombophleb, GI, constipation, bladder outlet obstruction , hematuria
What is parks weber?
Fast flow capillary arteriovenous malformation CAVM or CLAV<
Usually LE and trunk
Cutaneous flushing wih underlying multiple micro AVFS
large, flat, pink stains on the skin, and because of their color are sometimes called “port-wine stains
What is most common tumour of infancy?
infantil hemangioma
What is infantile hemangioma?
benign tumor of the endothelium
most common neoplasm of infancy
gros rapidly in first year then growth plateaus then shrinkage
bright color fades becomes less tense.
last phase complete by 4 yo
What is most common site of infantile hemangioma?
liver
can cause hepatomeg, IVE compression
How to diagnose infantile hemangioma?
US or MRI
What is treatment of infantile hemangioma?
conservation
topical steroid
laser
embolic only for CHF
excision only if at risk for injury and blood loss
What is the cause of primary raynauds?
idiopathic
What are connective tissue causes of secondary raynauds?
systemic sclerosis
inflammaroty muscle disease
Lupus
Sjogren’s syndrome
Vasculitis
What drugs can cause secondary raynauds?
BB
clonidine
ergotamine
vinyl chloride
What occupational cause can cause raynauds?
HAVS
TOS
What illness that impair digital perfusion can cause secondary raynauds?
paraproteinemia
cryoglobulinemia
malignancy
What are some large vessel disease that can cause secondary raynauds?
athero
thromboangitis obliterans
What are proposed pathogenic cases of raynauds?
vascular impaired vasod (impaired NO and prostacyclin) increased vasoconstriction (overproduction of ATII, ET-1) structural vascular abnormalities
Neural
impaired vasod (calcitonin gene related peptide)
increased vasoc (abnormal adrenergic function)
central (stress induced)
Intravascular factos (plt WBC activation, increased thrombin generation)
Genetic
What are important questions on hx?
tissue loss
CTD (difficulty swallowing, photosensitivity, mouth ulcers)
asymmetry
what drugs
occupational hx
fam hx
RF for athero
bruits, pulses
What investigations to do for raynauds?
nailfold cappilaroscopy (abnormalities)
angio/NIV for large vessel
Thermography (normal thermal gradients at room temp for PRP but not for sclerosis)
What is medical therapy for raynauds?
remove triggers
CCB
ACEi
phosphodiesterase inhibitors
topical NO, nitrate
When to do sx? what sx options for raynauds?
when medical treatment fails
ulcer debridement
cervical sympathectomy (symptoms may return)
periarterial symapthectomy
Balloon angio
arterial reconstruction
excision of calcific deposits
amputation
botox injections