Magnetic resonance imaging of the Dandy-Walker malformation. Academic Article

abstract

• Five cases of the Dandy-Walker malformation are described using the magnetic resonance (MR) scan as a primary imaging technique. The patients' ages ranged from 34 weeks (in utero) to 41 years; their clinical and neuroanatomical characteristics encompassed the entire spectrum of the malformation. Clear visualization of the greatly enlarged posterior fossa, Dandy-Walker cyst, and absence of the inferior vermis established the pathological diagnosis and excluded other structural defects. In 3 patients, MR demonstration of the aqueduct and evidence of pressure on adjacent tissue aided in the surgical planning for ventricular decompression. The MR scan is a significant advancement in the radiological diagnosis of the Dandy-Walker malformation. The major technical advantage of the scan consists in its ability to delineate intracranial morphology in multiple planes.

authors

• Wright, Steven

published proceedings

• Pediatr Neurosci

author list (cited authors)

• Hanigan, W. C., Wright, R., & Wright, S.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• Hanigan, WC||Wright, R||Wright, S

publication date

• January 1985

publisher

• Karger Publishers  Publisher

published in

• Pediatric neuroscience  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Dandy-walker Syndrome
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Hydrocephalus
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
• Male
• Prenatal Diagnosis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1159/000120238

start page

• 151

end page

• 156

volume

• 12

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000120238