Cerebral cavernous malformations in the pediatric age group

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CMs) are benign intraparenchymal vascular malformations. CM represent 10%–20% of cerebral vascular lesions and their prevalence in children is around 0.5%. CMs may present at any age, however, only about 25% present during childhood. CMs are rare during the first year of life and even rarer in the neonatal and prenatal period. CMs in the pediatric age group in general, and amongst infants and neonates specifically, may have a higher bleeding tendency, distinct radiological features, and unclear natural history. In this review paper, we focus on specific features of CMs in the pediatric and infant age groups.