Vascular

Vascular

Consult Guides

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
Arterial Dissections
Carotid Artery Stenosis
Cavernoma / cavernous malformation (cavernous angioma)
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler Weber Rendu)
Intraparencyhmal / Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Ischemic Strokes
Moya Moya
Mycotic Aneurysm
Spinal dural Arteriovenous Malformation (dAVF)
Swell Watch (Malignant Cerebral Edema)
Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) +/- Intracranial Hemorrhage
Vertebro-basilar insufficiency

Pathology summary

Disease
Pathology
Hypertension
degeneration of intima media →fragmentation of arterial smooth muscle → lipohyalinosis, fibrinoid necrosis of subendothelium, microaneurysms, focal dilatations in arteriols
Primary CNS vasculitis
transmural inflammation, vessel wall injury
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
amyloid fibril accumulation in small-medium sized arteries
Cavmals / Angiomas
irregular venous-type channels lined by flat endothelium
surrounded by scant smooth muscle
AVM
abnormally high flow often causes ectatic remodeling of the veins draining the AVM or of the arteries feeding it
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
pseudolaminar necrosis
Pseudolaminar necrosis
Pseudolaminar necrosis
Basilar dolichoectasia