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The authors present six patients with the clinicoradiographic profile of mixed vascular malformations of the brainstem, including cavernous malformation (CM), capillary telangiectasia, and developmental venous anomaly (DVA).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Five patients (one of whom was a child) suffered from hemorrhage, suggesting that this complex association has a high bleeding potential. Progressive growth, rebleeding, and de novo occurrence of the associated CM were documented in three cases. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was obtained in all patients by using one or more of the following modalities: T1-weighted sequences before and after gadolinium administration; T2-weighted sequences; T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery; T1-weighted fast spin echo; and diffusion weighted, diffusion tensor, and perfusion imaging in three cases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Three patients were surgically treated with the intention of excising the hemorrhagic lesion, but only two patients had their malformations successfully removed. In the third case, diffuse pontine telangiectasia precluded the safe excision of the CM. Histological examination demonstrated a blended pathological milieu characterized by coalescent telangiectasia and venules associated with loculated endothelial chambers resembling an immature or de novo CM. Three patients were treated conservatively; recurrent minor hemorrhage occurred in one case. The authors found these malformations to be arranged in two basic relationships: CM inside the telangiectasia and CM in the radicles of the DVA. 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