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==Overview==
[[Cerebral cavernous malformations]] ([[CCM|CCM)]] have varying presentations and these can be in the form of [[hemorrhagic stroke]], [[focal neurological deficits]], recurrent [[headaches]], and [[seizures]]. Howevever, CCMs can be [[asymptomatic]] sometimes. <ref name="pmid30909834">{{cite journal| author=Zafar A, Quadri SA, Farooqui M, Ikram A, Robinson M, Hart BL | display-authors=etal| title=Familial Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. | journal=Stroke | year= 2019 | volume= 50 | issue= 5 | pages= 1294-1301 | pmid=30909834 | doi=10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.022314 | pmc=6924279 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30909834  }} </ref>


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==History and Symptoms==


==Overview==
*This condition usually presents a significant amount of [[dilation of blood vessels]] lined by a single layer of [[endothelium]]. There is a lack of [[neuronal tissue]] interspersed within the lesion.
Clinical symptoms of this disease include recurrent [[headache]]s, focal neurological deficits, hemorrhagic [[stroke]], and [[seizures]], but CCM can also be [[asymptomatic]].
*These thinly-walled [[vessels]] are comparable to [[sinusoidal]] cavities with stagnant [[blood]].
== History and Symptoms ==
*The diameters of affected [[blood vessels]] in patients with [[CCM]] vary significantly, ranging from millimeters to centimeters. [[CCM]] lesions usually look like raspberries in [[gross appearance]].


This disease is characterized by grossly dilated blood vessels with a single layer of [[endothelium]] and an absence of neuronal tissue within the lesions. These thinly-walled vessels resemble sinusoidal cavities filled with stagnant blood.  Blood vessels in patients with CCM can range from a few millimeters to several centimeters in diameter. CCM lesions commonly resemble raspberries in external structure.
*Patients with [[CCM]] can be [[asymptomatic]] or can have severe [[symptoms]] such as [[headaches]], [[paralysis|paralysis,]]  [[seizures]], [[cerebral hemorrhage]], [[Hemorrhagic stroke|hemorrhagic stroke,]] or even [[death]].
*The nature and severity of the [[symptoms]] depend on the lesion's location in the [[brain]]. Approximately 70% of these [[lesions]] occur in the [[supratentorial]] region of the [[brain]].
*The remaining 30% occur in the [[infratentorial]] region.


Many patients live their whole life without knowing they have a cerebral cavernous malformation. Other patients can have severe symptoms like seizures, headaches, paralysis, bleeding in the brain ([[cerebral hemorrhage]], or [[hemorrhagic stroke]]), and even death. The nature and severity of the symptoms depend on the lesion's location in the brain. Approximately 70% of these lesions occur in the [[supratentorial]] region of the brain; the remaining 30% occur in the infratentorial region.
==References==
==References==


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Overview

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) have varying presentations and these can be in the form of hemorrhagic stroke, focal neurological deficits, recurrent headaches, and seizures. Howevever, CCMs can be asymptomatic sometimes. [1]

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References

  1. Zafar A, Quadri SA, Farooqui M, Ikram A, Robinson M, Hart BL; et al. (2019). "Familial Cerebral Cavernous Malformations". Stroke. 50 (5): 1294–1301. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.022314. PMC 6924279 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 30909834.