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"a parenchymal AVM or dural fistula draining into the true (formed) vein of Galen, so the dilated vein also drains normal brain parenchyma"

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"Vein of Galen malformations are named after Galen of Pergamon (gr. Γαληνός, also known as Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus) (AD 129-199), a Greek physician and philosopher in the Roman Empire ⁴."

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"MR angiography"

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H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
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H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
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H2 Plain radiograph
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H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
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H1 Treatment and prognosis
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H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
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"CT and MRI"

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"CT angiography"

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"MR angiography"

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"Timing of intervention"

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"Embolisation"

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"Prognosis"

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"The anomaly is actually due to a cerebral arteriovenous fistula of the median prosencephalic vein (MPV) (a precursor of the vein of Galen) occurring at 6-11 weeks gestation and not a malformation (no nidus present). The original connections between the choroidal arteries (that initially were supplying the developing brain tissue before the shift to the developing cerebral vessels) and the median prosencephalic vein persist and result in enlargement of the latter. Hence, arterial blood is shunted from (high pressure) choroidal arteries to the (low pressure) vein of Galen ¹⁰."

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"The MPV fails to regress and becomes aneurysmal, and the true vein of Galen does not form. The straight sinus is frequently absent, hypoplastic, or stenotic; venous drainage is therefore commonly via a persistent falcine sinus into the superior sagittal sinus ⁵."

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"History and etymology"

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