Tectocerebellar dysraphia with posterior encephalocele (Friede): report of the youngest case. Reappraisal of the condition uniting Cleland-Chiari (Arnold-Chiari) and Dandy-Walker syndromes.
This is a neuropathological report of the youngest case ever recorded of tectocerebellar dysraphia with posterior encephalocele. All previously described stigmata were ascertained as well as a few additional findings. Some morphological features of this syndrome similar to and some different from the Dandy-Walker syndrome and the Cleland-Chiari (Arnold-Chiari) anomaly are briefly discussed. Finally the possibility of clinical diagnosis and favourable prognosis of this syndrome are suggested.
Institute of Neuropathology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
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D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology