Table 1. Schobinger’s clinical classification of AVM symptomatology [6].
Stage | Clinical findings |
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I (Quiescence) | Warm, pink-blue shunting on Doppler |
II (Expansion) | Enlargement, pulsation, thrill, bruit, and tortuous veins |
III (Destruction) | Dystrophic skin changes, ulceration, bleeding, and pain |
IV (Decompensation) | Cardiac failure |