Management of Compression Neuropathies Associated With Vascular Malformations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vascular malformations (VMs) are a collection of rare diseases that result from abnormal overgrowth of vascular tissue and can lead to pain, infection, disfigurement, and decreased mobility. Vascular malformations can invade or impinge on nearby structures, including nerves, causing pain, numbness, and/or functional impairment. If nonsurgical therapy fails, surgical resection is considered. However, VMs' thin walls and tendency to infiltrate and/or recur makes resection difficult or impossible. Rather than resecting, we have found that patients can still benefit from surgery in the form of nerve decompression. Here, we present a series of patients with VMs causing symptomatic nerve compression that were successfully treated with nerve decompression, with or without VM re

SUBMITTER: Slovacek C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11851599 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature