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arteriovenous aneurysm

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arteriovenous aneurysm [är‚tir·ē·ō′vē·nəs ′an·yə‚riz·əm]
(medicine)
Dilation of the walls of an artery and a vein via an abnormal canal (fistula) between the vessels.
Dilation of an arteriovenous fistula.


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Histologic examination revealed that the mass was made up of two separate and adjacent lesions: (1) a traumatic neuroma that was characterized by distorted neural structures embedded in fibrous tissue and (2) an arteriovenous aneurysm that featured a predominance of arteriole-like vessels (figure 1).
 
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