Abstract
A 3.5 month old boy was diagnosed as having hydrocephalus secondary to an aneurysm of the vein of Galen. Cerebral angiography 2 1/2 years later showed the aneurysm to be completely occluded and CT demonstrated it to be thrombosed and completely calcified. Complete calcification of an aneurysm of the vein of Galen has only been described on two previous occasions and never in a child this young.
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Chapman, S., Hockley, A.D. Calcification of an aneurysm of the vein of Galen. Pediatr Radiol 19, 541–542 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389568
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