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Preferred term

Dandy-Walker Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Cyst, Dandy-Walker
  • Cysts, Dandy-Walker
  • Dandy Walker Complex
  • Dandy-Walker Complex
  • Dandy-Walker Complices
  • Dandy-Walker Cyst
  • Dandy-Walker Cysts
  • Dandy-Walker Deformities
  • Dandy Walker Deformity
  • Dandy-Walker Deformity
  • Dandy Walker Malformation
  • Dandy-Walker Malformation
  • Hydrocephalus, Internal, Dandy-Walker Type
  • Hydrocephalus, Noncommunicating, Dandy-Walker Type
  • Luschka Magendie Foramina Atresia
  • Luschka-Magendie Foramina Atresia
  • Malformation, Dandy-Walker

Scope note

  • A congenital abnormality of the central nervous system marked by failure of the midline structures of the cerebellum to develop, dilation of the fourth ventricle, and upward displacement of the transverse sinuses, tentorium, and torcula. Clinical features include occipital bossing, progressive head enlargement, bulging of anterior fontanelle, papilledema, ataxia, gait disturbances, nystagmus, and intellectual compromise. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp294-5)

History note

  • 1991(1970)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • atresia aperturae medianae et aperturarum lateralium ventriculi quarti
  • atresia foraminorum Magendie et Luschka
  • Dandy
  • Dandy-Walker
  • Dandy-Walkerin oireyhtymä
  • Dandy-Walkerin syndrooma
  • Magendien ja Luschkan aukkojen atresia
  • Magendien ja Luschkan aukkojen umpeuma
  • neljännen aivokammion keskiaukon ja sivuaukkojen umpeuma
  • syndroma Dandy-Walker
  • Walker
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003616

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