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Prenatal diagnosis of cerebral arteriovenous malformation using color Doppler ultrasonography: case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Sepulveda W.,
Platt C. C.,
Fisk N. M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1995.06040282.x
Subject(s) - medicine , arteriovenous malformation , fetus , vein , obstetrics and gynaecology , ultrasonography , radiology , prenatal diagnosis , color doppler , pregnancy , surgery , biology , genetics
Aneurysms of the vein of Galen are rare, representing less than 1% of all intracranial arteriovenous malformations. In the fetus, however, almost all cerebral arterial malformations involve the vein of Galen, usually presenting in the neonatal period with severe cardiac failure leading to neonatal death. In this report we present a case of arteriovenous malformation involving the vein of Galen detected prenatally at 3.5 weeks with the use of color Doppler ultrasonogvaphy. The literature is reviewed in an attempt to delineate the vole of prenatal ultrasonography in the diagnosis and its impact on perinatal outcome. Copyright © 1995 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology