Diagnosis and management of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 542-551

  Gailloud, Philippe ^a   O'Riordan, Declan P ^a   Burger, Ingrid ^a   Levrier, Olivier ^a,b   Jallo, George ^a   Tamargo, Rafael J ^a   Murphy, Kieran J ^a   Lehmann, Christoph U ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; ENBUCRILATE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; INFANCY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN MALFORMATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CEREBRAL VEINS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 23744477121     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211349     Document Type: Review

References (35)

1. Raybaud CA, Strother CM. Persisting abnormal embryonic vessels in intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Acta Radiol Suppl 1986;369:136-8.
2. Jaeger JR, Forbes RP, Dandy WE. Bilateral congenital cerebral arteriovenous communication aneurysm. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 1937;63:173-6.
3. Long DM, Seljeskog EL, Chou SN, French LA. Giant arteriovenous malformations of infancy and childhood. J Neurosurg 1974;40:304-12.
4. Raybaud CA, Strother CM, Hald JK. Aneurysms of the vein of Galen: embryonic considerations and anatomical features relating to the pathogenesis of the malformation. Neuroradiology 1989;31:109-28.
5. Raybaud CA. Development of the arterial supply to the brain tissue. In: Lasjaunias P, Berenstein A, editors. Surgical Neuroangiography, Vol. 3. New York: Springer Verlag; 1990. p. 1-13.
6. Markowski J. Entwicklung der Sinus durae matris und der Hirnvenen des Menschen. Bulletin international de l'Académie des Sciences et des Lettres. Classe des sciences mathematiques et naturelles. Serie B: sciences naturelles 1921; (Numéro supplémentaire):1-269.
7. Wolfram-Gabel R, Maillot C, Koritke JG. The vascular pattern in the tela choroidea of the prosencephalon in man. J Neuroradiol 1987;14:10-26.
8. Levrier O, Gailloud P, Souei M, Manera L, Brunel H, Raybaud CA. Normal galenic drainage of the deep cerebral venous system in 2 cases of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM). Childs Nerv Syst 2004;20:91-7.
9. Gailloud P, O'Riordan DP, Burger I, Lehmann CU. Confirmation of communication between deep venous drainage and the vein of Galen after treatment of a vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation in an infant presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (in press).
10. Lasjaunias P, Terbrugge K, Piske R, Lopez Ibor L, Manelfe C. Dilatation of the vein of Galen. Anatomoclinical forms and endovascular treatment apropos of 14 cases explored and/or treated between 1983 and 1986. Neurochirurgie 1987;33:315-33
11. Taylor GA. Intracranial venous system in the newborn: evaluation of normal anatomy and flow characteristics with color Doppler US. Radiology 1992;183:449-52.
12. Alberico RA, Barnes P, Robertson RL, Burrows PE. Helical CT angiography: dynamic cerebrovascular imaging in children. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1999;20:328-34.
13. Jordan L, Raymond G, Lin D, Gailloud P. CT angiography in a newborn child with hydranencephaly. J Perinatol 2004;24:565-7.
14. Brunelle F. Brain vascular malformations in the fetus: diagnosis and prognosis. Childs Nerv Syst 2003;19:524-8.
15. Lasjaunias P. Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation. In: Vascular Diseases in Neonates, Infants and Children. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag; 1997. p. 67-202.
16. Gold AP, Ransohoff J, Carter S. Vein of Galen malformation. Acta Neurol Scand 1964;40(Suppl. 11):1-31.
17. Rodesch G, Hui F, Alvarez H, Tanaka A, Lasjaunias P. Prognosis of antenatally diagnosed vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations. Childs Nerv Syst 1994;10:79-83.
18. Zerah M, Garcia-Monaco R, Rodesch G, et al. Hydrodynamics in vein of Galen malformations. Childs Nerv Syst 1992;8:111-7; discussion 117.
19. Halbach W, Dowd CF, Higashida RT, Balousek PA, Ciricillo SF, Edwards MS. Endovascular treatment of mural-type vein of Galen malformations. J Neurosurg 1998;89:74-80.
20. Mitchell PJ, Rosenfeld JV, Dargaville P, et al. Endovascular management of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations presenting in the neonatal period. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2001;22:1403-9.
21. Lasjaunias P, Garcia-Monaco R, Rodesch G, et al. Vein of Galen malformation. Endovascular management of 43 cases. Childs Nerv Syst 1991;7:360-7.
22. Casasco A, Lylyk P, Hodes JE, Kohan G, Aymard A, Merland JJ. Percutaneous transvenous catheterization and embolization of vein of galen aneurysms. Neurosurgery 1991;28:260-6.
23. Dowd CF, Halbach W, Barnwell SL, Higashida RT, Edwards MS, Hieshima GB. Transfemoral venous embolization of vein of Galen malformations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1990;11:643-8.
24. Frawley GP, Dargaville PA, Mitchell PJ, Tress BM, Loughnan P. Clinical course and medical management of neonates with severe cardiac failure related to vein of Galen malformation. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2002;87:F144-9.
25. Chevret L, Durand P, Alvarez H, et al. Severe cardiac failure in newborns with VGAM. Prognosis significance of hemodynamic parameters in neonates presenting with severe heart failure owing to vein of Galen arteriovenous malformation. Intensive Care Med 2002;28:1126-30.
26. Hendson L, Emery DJ, Phillipos EZ, Bhargava R, Olley PM, Lemke RP. Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn presenting as the primary manifestation of intracranial arteriovenous malformation of the Vein of Galen. Am J Perinatol 2000;17:405-10.
27. Dahdah NS, Alesseh H, Dahms B, Saker F. Severe pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease in two newborns with aneurysmal vein of galen. Pediatr Cardiol 2001;22:538-41.
28. McElhinney DB, Halbach W, Silverman NH, Dowd CF, Hanley FL. Congenital cardiac anomalies with vein of Galen malformations in infants. Arch Dis Child 1998;78:548-51.
29. Huh J, Noh CI, Choi JY, Yun YS. Pulmonary hypertensive crisis as an initial manifestation of intracranial arteriovenous malformation with aneurysm of the vein of Galen. Int J Cardiol 1998;66:107-9.
30. Garcia-Monaco R, De Victor D, Mann C, Hannedouche A, Terbrugge K, Lasjaunias P. Congestive cardiac manifestations from cerebrocranial arteriovenous shunts. Endovascular management in 30 children. Childs Nerv Syst 1991;7:48-52.
31. Friedman DM, Verma R, Madrid M, Wisoff JH, Berenstein A. Recent improvement in outcome using transcatheter embolization techniques for neonatal aneurysmal malformations of the vein of Galen. Pediatrics 1993;91:583-6.
32. Friedman DM, Madrid M, Berenstein A, Choi IS, Wisoff JH. Neonatal vein of Galen malformations: experience in developing a multidisciplinary approach using an embolization treatment protocol. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1991;30:621-9.
33. Lasjaunias P, Alvarez H, Rodesch G, et al. Aneurysmal malformations of the vein of Galen: follow-up of 120 children treated between 1984 and 1994. Int Neuroradiol 1996;2:15-26.
34. Fullerton HJ, Aminoff AR, Ferriero DM, Gupta N, Dowd CF. Neurodevelopmental outcome after endovascular treatment of vein of Galen malformations. Neurology 2003;61:1386-90.
35. Deciding to forego life extending treatment: ethical, medical, and legal issues in treatment of decisions. In: President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Washington: Government Printing Office; 1983. p. 121-46.