title: Treatment of an infantile aneurysm of the vein of Galen by total excision: a case report.
abstract: The paper presents a case of an aneurysm of the vein of Galen (VGA) in an infant, successfully treated by total open surgical excision (after previous ineffective embolisation). Current strategies of management of these rare yet potentially disastrous lesions are discussed and pertinent literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Memorial Institute Centre for Child's Health, Warszawa, Poland. pada@polbox.pl
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daszkiewicz
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roszkowski
authors.forename: Wiesława
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grajkowska
mesh_terms: D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male