title: Developmental failures of blood vessels within central nervous system.
abstract: Basing on the literature and her own material the author considers some of developmental vessel malformations: aneurysms, teleangiectases, angiomas and cavernous angiomas. The author pays attention to difficulties in classifying of developmental vascular malformations and choice of terminology. Presumable etiopathogenesis of some malformations with particular regard to role of viral oncogenes is taken into account.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rafałowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology