Recurrent Dandy-Walker malformation. 1994

R Obwegeser, and J Deutinger, and G Bernaschek
Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy, University of Vienna, Austria.

This is a report of a 18 year-old woman with two consecutive fetuses suffering from a Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM). The first diagnosis of Dandy-Walker syndrome was at 24 weeks gestation. According to the parent's request, this pregnancy was terminated. Seven months after that event a new case of Dandy-walker malformation was diagnosed in the same woman. She was at 21 weeks of gestation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011262 Pregnancy Trimester, Second The middle third of a human PREGNANCY, from the beginning of the 15th through the 28th completed week (99 to 196 days) of gestation. Midtrimester,Pregnancy, Second Trimester,Trimester, Second,Midtrimesters,Pregnancies, Second Trimester,Pregnancy Trimesters, Second,Second Pregnancy Trimester,Second Pregnancy Trimesters,Second Trimester,Second Trimester Pregnancies,Second Trimester Pregnancy,Second Trimesters,Trimesters, Second
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D003616 Dandy-Walker Syndrome A congenital abnormality of the central nervous system marked by failure of the midline structures of the cerebellum to develop, dilation of the fourth ventricle, and upward displacement of the transverse sinuses, tentorium, and torcula. Clinical features include occipital bossing, progressive head enlargement, bulging of anterior fontanelle, papilledema, ataxia, gait disturbances, nystagmus, and intellectual compromise. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp294-5) Dandy-Walker Malformation,Dandy-Walker Complex,Dandy-Walker Cyst,Dandy-Walker Deformity,Dandy-Walker Syndrome, Familial,Hydrocephalus, Internal, Dandy-Walker Type,Hydrocephalus, Noncommunicating, Dandy-Walker Type,Luschka-Magendie Foramina Atresia,Cyst, Dandy-Walker,Cysts, Dandy-Walker,Dandy Walker Complex,Dandy Walker Deformity,Dandy Walker Malformation,Dandy Walker Syndrome,Dandy Walker Syndrome, Familial,Dandy-Walker Complices,Dandy-Walker Cysts,Dandy-Walker Deformities,Familial Dandy-Walker Syndrome,Luschka Magendie Foramina Atresia,Malformation, Dandy-Walker
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000025 Abortion, Eugenic Abortion performed because of possible fetal defects. Eugenic Abortion,Abortion, Selective,Selective Abortion,Abortions, Eugenic,Abortions, Selective,Eugenic Abortions,Selective Abortions
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor

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