Many molecular mechanisms have been identified in CCM pathology. In 2015 it was reported that the endothelial cells forming cerebral vascular malformations undergo an endothelial to mesenchymal transition in both sporadic and familial CCM
Central nervous system cavernous hemangioma
Brain metastasis
Optic nerve glioma
Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations
Central nervous system cyst
Leptomeningeal cancer
Primary central nervous system lymphoma
Optic nerve sheath meningioma