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Table 1 Hamburg Classification of vascular malformations (1988)

From: Results of interventional treatment of peripheral slow-flow malformations

Predominant type

Lesion form

Truncular

Extratruncular

predominantly arterial

aplasia or obstruction

dilatation

infiltrative

limited

predominantly venous

aplasia or obstruction

dilatation

infiltrative

limited

predominantly lymphatic

aplasia or obstruction

dilatation

infiltrative

limited

arteriovenous shunt

deep

superficial

infiltrative

limited

combined malformations

arterial and venous without shunt

haemolymphatic infiltrative or limited

haemolymphatic with or without shunt