Diagnosis and Treatment of Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformations

Abstract

Diagnosis and treatment of 13 patients with vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM), seen at Children’s Hospital and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1994-2007, were evaluated retrospectively, and those treated within the first 2 weeks were compared with those treated later.

Keywords

• vein of galen aneurysmal malformation
• neonatal period
• mural angioarchitecture