Fetal Chiari's type III malformation.
The morphological findings in a 4- to 5-month-old female fetus with Chiari's type III malformation are described. This observation strongly supports the view that a defective closure of the roof plate is the primary cause of this malformation, and relates it to the Arnold-Chiari and Dandy-Walker syndromes.
D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000196:embryology* / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology