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Periventricular calcifications in a newborn associated with aneurysm of the great vein of Galen

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A newborn infant who presented with heart failure was diagnosed to have an aneurysm of the vein of Galen. Skull radiographs and CT scan demonstrated multiple periventricular calcifications. This case illustrates a new diagnostic possibility for the radiologic finding of periventricular calcifications in the newborn. It also establishes the importance of performing good skull roentgenographic series in all neonates with unexplained heart failure.

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  1. Divisions of Neonatology and Pediatric Radiology, Clínica Infantil de la Seguridad Social, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    J. J. Pérez Fontán (Dr. Perez Fontan is a Fellow in Critical Care Pediatrics at the University of California in San Francisco), M. Herrera, A. Fina & G. Peguero

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Room M-650, University of California in San Francisco, 94143, San Francisco, CA, USA

    J. J. Pérez Fontán (Dr. Perez Fontan is a Fellow in Critical Care Pediatrics at the University of California in San Francisco)

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Pérez Fontán, J.J., Herrera, M., Fina, A. et al. Periventricular calcifications in a newborn associated with aneurysm of the great vein of Galen. Pediatr Radiol 12, 249–251 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00971773

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