title: Successful treatment of neonatal aneurysmal dilatation of the vein of Galen: the role of prenatal diagnosis and trans-arterial embolization.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruoka
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: 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