All issues > Volume 35(5); 1992

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1992;35(5):691-695. Published online May 15, 1992.

One Case of Ruptured Aneurysm of Vein of Galen

Nam Soo NS Park¹, Moo Young MY Song¹, Un Jun UJ Hyoung¹, Jin Oh JO Lee¹, Eun Ryoung ER Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Sung-Ae General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The vein of Galen malformation is rare midline intracranial arteriovenous malformation that have been diagnosed more often at necropsy than in life. The majority of these malformations were seen in neonate, infancy and childhood, and the clinical symptoms and prognosis were depended on age of presentation. The authors report a case of ruptured Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation. A brief review of related literature is presented.

Keywords :Aneurysm, vein of galen