cavernous angioma


angioma

 [an″je-o´mah] a benign tumor made up of blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma). adj., adj angiom´atous.angioma caverno´sum (cavernous angioma) cavernous hemangioma.angioma serpigino´sum a skin disease marked by minute vascular points arranged in rings on the skin.telangiectatic angioma an angioma made up of dilated blood vessels.

cav·ern·ous an·gi·o·ma

vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery; can be multiple, especially if inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait. Synonym(s): nevus cavernosus

cav·ern·ous an·gi·o·ma

(kav'ĕr-nŭs an'jē-ō'mă) Vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery.

cav·ern·ous an·gi·o·ma

(kav'ĕr-nŭs an'jē-ō'mă) Vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery.