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Spontaneous thrombosis of vein of Galen malformation

Author(s) -

KalpanaDevi Kariyappa,

Murali Krishnaswami,

Francis Gnanaprakasam,

Madan Ramachandran,

Visvanathan Krishnaswamy

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of pediatric neurosciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 1998-3948

pISSN - 1817-1745

DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.193377

Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , vascular malformation , vein , radiology , deep vein , surgery

Vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) is a rare intracranial vascular malformation. Before the advent and advancement of various endovascular techniques, there was dismal prognosis. Rarely, this condition may spontaneously thrombose without the need for surgical or endovascular treatment with good prognosis. We report a case of an 8-month-old infant who had serial imaging, suggestive of VOGM and presented to us for further management, wherein the imaging revealed spontaneous thrombosis.

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