Incidence of Peripheral Vascular Malformations of Limbs in SMS Hospital Jaipur

Abstract

Peripheral vascular malformations (PVMs) include a wide spectrum of diseases that can produce potentially life- or limb-threatening complications. The International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) Classification System categorized vascular anomalies into two basic types, the vaso proliferative or vascular neoplasms and developmental vascular abnormalities. Method: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted for the period of 2 year. All patients under surgery OPD with a Peripheral limb vascular anomaly excluding upper limbs and lower limbs were taken into the study and investigated and followed up for at least 6 months. Result: In this study, out of 38 patients 26 patients (12 (44%) males and 14 (56%) females) were diagnosed withvascular malformation of upper and lower limbs. It is observed that low flow lesions are more common in both upper and lower limbs. Male patients with these lesions tend to present much later in life than female patients. Conclusion: AVMs show variance in site and type based on gender. Male patients were more likely present with high-flow AVMs in lower limbs whereas female patients typically presented with low-flow AVMs on the upper extremities. Keywords: Peripheral limb vascular malformations, varicose veins, AVM.