title: Dandy-Walker malformation and associated cardiac anomalies.
abstract: 2 patients with Dandy-Walker malformations (DWM) and cardiac anomalies are presented. The types of cardiac defects with septal involvement are suggestive of an early embryonic abnormality occurring before 6 weeks' gestational age. This correlates with the postulated timing of the development of the DWM and suggests a complex developmental anomaly. Awareness of the associated systemic and central nervous system anomalies in patients with the DWM in regard to management and prognosis is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed