title: Neuropsychological Function in a Case of Dandy-Walker Variant in a 68-Year-Old Veteran.
abstract: Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) is a congenital brain malformation that is characterized by partial or complete agenesis of the cerebellar vermis and cystic dilatation of the 4th ventricle that shifts ventrolaterally to displace the cerebellar hemispheres. This case is a 68-year-old male veteran with complaints of new-onset cognitive disorder who was found to have previously unsuspected DWS on head computed tomography. This is one of the first case studies to present complete neuropsychological test results in a veteran with DWS. Despite the level of abnormality on imaging, the veteran functioned well until onset of mild cognitive impairments in late adulthood.
authors.affiliation: a Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences Service Line , W. G. "Bill" Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salisbury , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.affiliation: a Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences Service Line , W. G. "Bill" Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salisbury , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Jill L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kays
authors.affiliation: b Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, and Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service Line , W. G. "Bill" Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salisbury.|c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Shura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011859:Radiography; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Dandy-Walker variant; developmental disorder; neuroimaging; neuropsychological tests; veteran