RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Angiographic findings in two cases of aneurysmal malformation of vein of Galen prior to spontaneous thrombosis: therapeutic implications.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1446
OP 1450
VO 13
IS 5
A1 R W Hurst
A1 N J Kagetsu
A1 A Berenstein
YR 1992
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/13/5/1446.abstract
AB Two cases of aneurysmal malformations of the vein of Galen with later spontaneous thrombosis are reported. Angiograms before thrombosis in both cases showed mural type aneurysmal malformations of the vein of Galen with slow arteriovenous shunts and associated stagnation of contrast in the venous sac secondary to severe outflow restriction. Based on these angiographic findings, the patients were managed conservatively and the arteriovenous malformations of the vein of Galen thrombosed with good clinical outcomes. Twenty cases of spontaneous thrombosis previously reported in the literature are reviewed.