Prenatal brain atrophy due to a giant vein of Galen malformation.
We report a full-term newborn girl with a giant vein of Galen malformation and extreme cerebral atrophy of prenatal origin. She presented on the 3rd day of life with intractable congestive heart failure. The diagnosis of the vascular malformation was confirmed by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.
Baenziger
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University Children's Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
Martin
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Willi
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Fanconi
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Real
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Boltshauser
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D001284:Atrophy / Q000151:congenital; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004453:Echoencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging