Is prenatal volumetric evaluation of aneurysm of the vein of Galen important in the prediction of adverse fetal outcome?

✍ Scribed by İsmet Gün; Ercüment Müngen; Mertihan Kurdoğlu; Ali Babacan; Murat Muhcu; Vedat Atay

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20672

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Aneurysm of the vein of Galen is a rare congenital vascular malformation of the central nervous system. There are controversies in the literature regarding the possible prognostic value of aneurysmal volume estimation with 3‐dimensional US for the prediction of fetal outcome. In this report, we present a case of prenatally diagnosed large aneurysm of the vein of Galen complicated by heart failure in a fetus. The volume of the malformation was calculated as 17.8 cm^3^ and the fetal outcome was poor. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 38:443–445, 2010