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- Title
Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation: Strategy transarterial embolization using coils alone.
- Authors
Ming-Jun Cai; Lian-Ting Ma; Ming Yang; Li Pan
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 15-month-old male child who was presented with seizures disorder, abnormally dilatation of the scalp and facial veins, and a mild increase in head circumference. Three-dimensional time-of-flight (3D TOF) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) done at the age of 9 weeks revealed the Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations (VGAM). VGAM are congenital intracranial arteriovenous shunts and accounts for less than 1% of all arteriovenous malformations.
- Subjects
SPASMS; MAGNETIC resonance angiography; INFANT diseases; SURGICAL arteriovenous shunts
- Publication
Neurology India, 2012, Vol 60, Issue 5, p559
- ISSN
0028-3886
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0028-3886.103227