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Vein of Galen abnormality
Author(s) -
Roberts Harley,
Mein Brendan,
Miceli Francis
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/j.2205-0140.2009.tb00052.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abnormality , vein , radiology , vascular malformation , angiography , aneurysm , arteriovenous malformation , surgery , psychiatry
Vein of Galen abnormality is a rare congenital malformation of blood vessels of the brain and while often referred to as “Vein of Galen aneurysm” its is really not an aneurysm but usually an arteriovenous (AV) malformation. The following case report will be of interest to sonographers as it demonstrates early prenatal diagnosis of this intracranial vascular abnormality causing cardiac overload and subsequent cardiac failure. Diagnosis of the AV malformation can be graphically demonstrated using colour Doppler or 3D colour power angiography.