Images in clinical medicine: Neonatal vein of Galen malformation

Sonographic imaging of the brain of a neonate showed a dilated hypoechoic venous lesion within the tentorial hiatus. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography demonstrated a large arteriovenous malformation of the vein of [Galen] (Panel A, sagittal view; Panel B, axial view). No other cerebral abnormali...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 346; no. 20; p. 1553
Main Authors Fischer, Bernhard, Palkovic, Stefan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 16.05.2002
Subjects
Babies
Blood vessels
Brain
Medical disorders
Medical imaging
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Summary:Sonographic imaging of the brain of a neonate showed a dilated hypoechoic venous lesion within the tentorial hiatus. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography demonstrated a large arteriovenous malformation of the vein of [Galen] (Panel A, sagittal view; Panel B, axial view). No other cerebral abnormalities were found.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406