Case Report
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World J Clin Pediatr. Feb 8, 2017; 6(1): 103-109
Published online Feb 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i1.103
Vein of Galen malformation in a neonate: A case report and review of endovascular management
Surasak Puvabanditsin, Rajeev Mehta, Kristy Palomares, Natalie Gengel, Christina Ferrucci-Da Silva, Sudipta Roychowdhury, Gaurav Gupta, Arun Kashyap, David Sorrentino
Surasak Puvabanditsin, Rajeev Mehta, Natalie Gengel, Christina Ferrucci-Da Silva, Arun Kashyap, David Sorrentino, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, United States
Kristy Palomares, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, United States
Sudipta Roychowdhury, Gaurav Gupta, Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the acquisition of data, writing, and revision of this manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, United States. surasak1@aol.com
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Received: May 2, 2016
Peer-review started: May 3, 2016
First decision: July 25, 2016
Revised: October 12, 2016
Accepted: November 1, 2016
Article in press: November 2, 2016
Published online: February 8, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: Vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) is a rare vascular anomaly that may present in the fetus or newborn, and may cause congestive heart failure. Historically, the management of VOGMs was neurosurgical, but outcomes were uniformly poor. Since the introduction of endovascular interventional techniques, the likelihood of a successful treatment is much greater and a cure is potentially achievable. We report herein a term female neonate with a VOGM that was sucessfully treated with multiple endovascular embolizations, and also present a review of the literature on the endovascular management of neonates.