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Spontaneous Thrombosis of a Large Vein of Galen Malformation
Author(s) -
Shah Qaisar A.,
Qureshi Adnan I.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00397.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , embolization , vein , magnetic resonance imaging , deep vein , radiology , arteriovenous malformation , posterior cerebral artery , heart failure , surgery , middle cerebral artery , cardiology , ischemia
A large vein of Galen was diagnosed in a 9‐month‐old boy. This was not treated at birth, as there was no associated congestive heart failure. The patient was followed conservatively and follow‐up magnetic resonance imaging showed increase in the size of the vein of Galen malformation. Subsequent cerebral angiogram demonstrated hypertrophied but thrombosed right posterior choroidal artery, suggesting spontaneous thrombosis of the arterial feeder and thus the embolization was not pursued.