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Is prenatal volumetric evaluation of aneurysm of the vein of Galen important in the prediction of adverse fetal outcome?
Author(s) -
Gün İsmet,
Müngen Ercüment,
Kurdoğlu Mertihan,
Babacan Ali,
Muhcu Murat,
Atay Vedat
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20672
Subject(s) - medicine , fetus , aneurysm , vein , ultrasound , prenatal diagnosis , radiology , surgery , pregnancy , cardiology , genetics , biology
Aneurysm of the vein of Galen is a rare congenital vascular malformation of the central nervous system. There are controversies in the literature regarding the possible prognostic value of aneurysmal volume estimation with 3‐dimensional US for the prediction of fetal outcome. In this report, we present a case of prenatally diagnosed large aneurysm of the vein of Galen complicated by heart failure in a fetus. The volume of the malformation was calculated as 17.8 cm 3 and the fetal outcome was poor. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 38:443–445, 2010