Erschienen in:
01.12.2004
Consensus on Controversial Issues in Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Vascular Malformation: Seoul Communication
verfasst von:
B.B. Lee, M.D., R. Mattassi, M.D., D. Loose, M.D., W. Yakes, M.D., G. Tasnadi, M.D., FICA, H.H. Kim, M.D.
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Angiology
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Ausgabe 4/2004
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Excerpt
The concept of congenital vascular malformations (CVMs) has been slowly evolving through the last two decades [
1]. Much confusion and misconception abound from mostly anecdotal experiences, from a simple birthmark to a life-threatening condition [
2,
3]. A historical meeting was convened in Hamburg, Germany, in 1988 to reach a consensus on CVM. Assembled were the world’s experts on the subject, founding members of I.S.S.V.A. (International Society for Studies of Vascular Anomalies), and they came up with a framework on the concept of CVM [
4]. Traditional name-based terminology for CVMs (e.g., Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome), which only add more confusion, has been replaced with more logical terms based on the modified Hamburg classification, to provide accurate information of etio-anatomopathophysiologic characteristics [
5,
6]. …