Dandy-Walker malformation associated with occipital meningocele and cardiac anomalies: a rare complex embryologic defect.
The authors present the second case in the literature of Dandy-Walker malformation associated with occipital meningocele and congenital cardiac defect. This association suggests that the time of origin of this posterior fossa malformation is before the sixth postconception week; however, the pathogenesis remains unsettled.
D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications*