Vein of Galen malformation: optimizing the management of postneonatal presentations

Vein of Galen malformation.

DESCRIPTION An 8-month-old baby boy presented to the paediatrics outpatient department with a complaint of enlargement of head size. General and cardiovascular examinations, as well as routine biochemical analysis were within normal limits. There was no evidence of skin lesions to suggest capillary malformation neither there was any limb hypertrophy, also there was no history of skin lesions, l...

Vein of galen malformation.

Adult choroidal vein of Galen malformation.

We report staged embolization and stereotactic radiation in a true adult choroidal vein of Galen malformation. Management dilemmas and their resolutions are also discussed.

Antenatal diagnosis of aneurysmal malformation of the vein of Galen.

Vein of Galen malformation (VGAM) results from an aneurysmal aberration with an arteriovenous shunting of blood. Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations are the most frequent arteriovenous malformations in infants and fetuses. The congenital malformation develops during weeks 6-11 of fetal development. Infants often die from high-output congestive heart failure.

Spontaneous thrombosis of a malformation of the vein of Galen.

Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo SP, Brazil: MD, PhD; MD; MD, PhD, Director and Chairman. Arteriovenous malformation of the vein of Galen (AMVG) is a rare congenital intracranial vascular malformation, which results in fistulous connections between primitive choroidal arteries and the median vein of the prosencephalon (MVP) of Ma...