Multiple organ involvement is often found in patients with severe venous vascular malformation syndrome. (a) Gross figure of abdomen involvement of a patient. (b) This patient had lesions involving the abdominal cavity, liver, and spleen. (c) Groin involvement was found in this patient. (d) Lower limb involvement was found in this patient. Analysis and Treatment of Multiple Severe Venous Vascular Malformation Syndrome Combined with Coagulopathy. Qiao JB, Li J, Zhang XF - Chinese medical journal (2015). Not Altered. CC.
A malformation syndrome is a group of congenital anomalies thought to be pathologically related to each other that cannot be explained by a single specific initial defect.
Examples of malformations include:
- Cleft lip
- Cleft palate
- Down syndrome
- Heart defects
- Neural tube defects
- Spina bifida
