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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 11
| Issue : 3 | Page : 264-266 |
Spontaneous thrombosis of vein of Galen malformation
Kalpana Devi Kariyappa1, Murali Krishnaswami1, Francis Gnanaprakasam1, Madan Ramachandran1, Visvanathan Krishnaswamy2
1 Department of Radiology, MIOT International Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, MIOT International Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Kalpana Devi Kariyappa
Department of Radiology, MIOT International Hospital, Manapakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.193377
Vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) is a rare intracranial vascular malformation. Before the advent and advancement of various endovascular techniques, there was dismal prognosis. Rarely, this condition may spontaneously thrombose without the need for surgical or endovascular treatment with good prognosis. We report a case of an 8-month-old infant who had serial imaging, suggestive of VOGM and presented to us for further management, wherein the imaging revealed spontaneous thrombosis.
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