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Spontaneous resolution of marked dilatation of cerebral duro-venous system in newborn presenting with fetal hydrops

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A newborn with antenatal diagnosis of fetal hydrops at 36 wk of gestation, presented with congestive heart failure (CHF) and generalized edema. Computed tomographic angiography showed marked dilatation of cerebral duro-venous system including vein of Galen (VOG), straight sinus, torcula and transverse sinus without evidence of arteriovenous fistulae at the vein of Galen. Dilatation of duro-venous system resolved with concomitant improvement in biventricular function and CHF with decongestive therapy. Such entity should be differentiated from more serious conditions like VOG malformation and venous sinus thrombosis.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Neonatology and Developmental Pediatrics, The Children Hospital at Downstate/SUNY, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    John Pole-Spellman

  2. Division of Interventional Neuro-radiology, The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Jayendra Sharma, Paul Toubas & Tzipporah Sklar

  3. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, 8900, Van Wyck expressway, Jamaica, NY, 11418, USA

    Jayendra Sharma

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Sharma, J., Toubas, P., Sklar, T. et al. Spontaneous resolution of marked dilatation of cerebral duro-venous system in newborn presenting with fetal hydrops. Indian J Pediatr 77, 313–315 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-009-0314-8

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