"Dandy-Walker Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D003616
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.252.300 C10.228.140.602.500 C10.500.205 C16.131.666.205
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| Concept/Terms |
Dandy-Walker Syndrome- Dandy-Walker Syndrome
- Dandy Walker Syndrome
- Dandy-Walker Complex
- Dandy Walker Complex
- Dandy-Walker Complices
- Luschka-Magendie Foramina Atresia
- Luschka Magendie Foramina Atresia
- Dandy-Walker Deformity
- Dandy Walker Deformity
- Dandy-Walker Deformities
- Hydrocephalus, Internal, Dandy-Walker Type
- Hydrocephalus, Noncommunicating, Dandy-Walker Type
- Dandy-Walker Malformation
- Dandy Walker Malformation
- Malformation, Dandy-Walker
- Dandy-Walker Cyst
- Cyst, Dandy-Walker
- Cysts, Dandy-Walker
- Dandy-Walker Cysts
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