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Luschka and Virchow first described arteriovenous malformations in the mid 1800s. Olivecrona performed the first surgical excision of an intracranial AVM in 1932.
 
==Definition==
 
AVMs are lesions of the vasculature that develop such that blood flows directly from the arterial system to the venous system without passing through a capillary system.
 
== Signs and symptoms ==