Cavernous angioma causes

Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Edzel Lorraine Co, D.M.D., M.D.

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Overview

There are no established causes for cavernous angioma.

Causes

• The exact cause of cavernous angioma is still unknown.

• However, it is believed that it usually develops as a form of compensation to the lack of normal vessels brought about by hypoplasia, aplasia, or early occlusion of newly formed-veins.