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MeSH Heading: Dandy-Walker Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.252.300; C10.228.140.602.500; C10.500.205; C16.131.666.205
Unique ID: D003616
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003616
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Dandy-Walker Complex; Dandy-Walker Cyst; Dandy-Walker Deformity; Dandy-Walker Malformation; Dandy-Walker Syndrome, Familial; Hydrocephalus, Internal, Dandy-Walker Type; Hydrocephalus, Noncommunicating, Dandy-Walker Type; Luschka-Magendie Foramina Atresia
NLM Classification #: WL 350
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Ventricles/abnormalities (1966-1969); Hydrocephalus (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 1991; see HYDROCEPHALUS 1970-1990
History Note: 1991(1970)
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/01/20

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Concept UI: M0005653
Scope Note: 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)
Terms: Dandy-Walker Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T010526
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Dandy-Walker Malformation
Term UI T367217
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Dandy-Walker Complex
Term UI T841241
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Dandy-Walker Cyst
Term UI T841242
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Dandy-Walker Deformity
Term UI T841243
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Hydrocephalus, Internal, Dandy-Walker Type
Term UI T841244
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Hydrocephalus, Noncommunicating, Dandy-Walker Type
Term UI T841245
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Luschka-Magendie Foramina Atresia
Term UI T841246
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014)

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