Successful treatment of neonatal aneurysmal dilatation of the vein of Galen: the role of prenatal diagnosis and trans-arterial embolization

Y Yamashita; T Abe; N Ohara; T Maruoka; O Toyoda; O Inoue; K Kojima; H Kato

doi:10.1007/BF00596519

Successful treatment of neonatal aneurysmal dilatation of the vein of Galen: the role of prenatal diagnosis and trans-arterial embolization

Neuroradiology. 1992;34(5):457-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00596519.

Authors

Y Yamashita¹, T Abe, N Ohara, T Maruoka, O Toyoda, O Inoue, K Kojima, H Kato

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 1407538
DOI: 10.1007/BF00596519

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.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebral Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnosis
Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Dilatation, Pathologic / therapy
Echoencephalography
Embolization, Therapeutic* / methods
Female
Fetal Diseases / diagnosis
Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis
Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pregnancy
Ultrasonography, Prenatal*