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Rev Mex Neuroci 2016; 17 (5)

Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation. Case report and literature review

Esqueda LMA, Martinez-Cano A, Ariñez BE, Gonzalez-Echeverria K, Esqueda LL, Flores ÁE

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 98-106
PDF size: 486.30 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Vein of Galen aneurismal malformation is a arteriovenous fistula between choroidal arteries and the prosencephalic vein of Markowski. Symptomatology is developed in the neonatal period, and depend of vascular architecture at the moment of diagnostic. The initial radiological approach begins with a transfontanelar ultrasound imaging because it does not represent a risk for the patient; although magnetic resonance imaging is better for defining the vascular architecture and surrounding neural structures. The cerebral vascular angiography is reserved for cases with therapeutic indication. The management of this pathology is multidisciplinary.


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