All issues > Volume 37(7); 1994

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1994;37(7):1011-1015. Published online July 15, 1994.

One Case of Aneurysm of Vein of Galen

Sun Young SY Lee¹, Jong Won JW Lee¹, Dong Joo DJ Shin¹, Jin Keun JK Bang¹, Du Bong DB Lee¹, Kwang Woo KW Lee²

¹Department of Pediatrics, St. Francisco General Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Radiology, St. Francisco General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Aneurysm of the vein of Galen is a rare midline arteriovenous malformation, usually presenting with cardiac failure in infancy or with hydrocephalus and raised intracranial pressure in older children. We experienced a case of the vein of Galen aneurysm diagnosed with computed tomographic (CT) features and magnetic resonance image(MRI), a new imaging modality. Our case was a 3 day-old male neonate and had a nonspesific symptom of high fever without cardiac failure. A brief review of related literature was made.

Keywords :Aneurysm, Vein of Galen