Successful treatment of neonatal aneurysmal dilatation of the vein of Galen: the role of prenatal diagnosis and trans-arterial embolization.
We report a neonate with aneurysmal dilatation of the vein of Galen diagnosed prenatally by color Doppler sonography and MRI at 37 weeks' gestation. The child was treated by transarterial embolization of micro-coils 2 and 8 days after birth. The aneurysmal dilatation of the vein of Galen markedly decreased after embolization and the patient is developing normally at 2 years 5 months of age. Prenatal diagnosis and early intervention by transarterial embolization produced in a good outcome in this patient.
Yamashita
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Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
Abe
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T
Ohara
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Maruoka
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T
Toyoda
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Inoue
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O
Kojima
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Kato
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H
D000328:Adult; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004453:Echoencephalography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal