Zeynep Kamil Med J. 2016; 47(1): 13-16 | DOI: 10.16948/zktb.86210

Prenatal Diagnosis of Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation by Color Doppler Ultrasonography and Management: A Case Report

Hüseyin Durukan¹, Mürþide Çevikoðlu¹, Talat Umut Dilek¹, Faik Gürkan Yazýcý¹, Yalçýn Çelik^2
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mersin Unv. Faculty of Medicine Health Research and Application Center, Mersin
²Department of Child Health and Diseases, Neonatology Department, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Health Research and Application Center, Mersin

Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation is a rare form of commonly encountered symptomatic cerebrovascular malformations in the
neonatal period. High output congestive heart failure as a result of increased flow in intracerebral shunts, and pulmonary hypertension of different severity as a result of increased intravascular volume, are two important comorbidities that may coincide. Increased perinatal morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period are mostly attributed to high output congestive heart failure.

Keywords: prenatal diagnosis, galen vein aneurism, color doppler ultrasonography, arterial embolisation

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