title: Pretreatment imaging of peripheral vascular malformations.
abstract: Peripheral vascular malformations (VMs) are complex and diverse vascular lesions which require individualized pretreatment planning. Pretreatment imaging using various modalities, especially magnetic resonance imaging and time-resolved magnetic resonance angiography, is a valuable tool for classifying peripheral VMs to allow proper diagnosis, demonstrate complete extent, identify the nidus, and distinguish between low-flow and high-flow dynamics that determines the treatment approach. We discuss pretreatment imaging findings in four patients with peripheral VMs and how diagnostic imaging helped guide management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Petrice M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Cogswell
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McKusick
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Binkovitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Riederer
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Phillip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Young
keywords: cartesian acquisition with projection-like reconstruction; endovascular treatment; magnetic resonance angiography; time-resolved MRA