Unusual manifestation of a vein of Galen malformation: Value of CT angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1423-1426

  Konno, Shoko ^a,c   Numaguchi, Yuji ^a   Shrier, David A ^a   Qian, Jiang ^b   Sinkin, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, computed tomography; Computed tomography, three dimensional; Vein of Galen

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ANEURYSM; ARTERIES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029817033     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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