Dandy-Walker continuum
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Dandy-Walker continuum, also referred as Dandy-Walker spectrum or Dandy-Walker complex, corresponds to a group of disorders believed to represent a continuum spectrum of posterior fossa malformations, characterised by inferior vermian hypoplasia and incomplete formation of the fourth ventricle which communicates with a combinedprominent posterior fossa cyst communicating with the fourth ventricle as well as abnormal development of the cerebellar vermis
These conditions remain poorly understood, and the terminology is still controversial. Some authors recommend avoiding its use as there is a lack of specificity that may create some confusion. Instead, a more detailed anatomic description is recommended 2.
Conditions classically included under the term Dandy-Walker continuum include:
-<p><strong>Dandy-Walker continuum</strong>, also referred as <strong>Dandy-Walker spectrum</strong> or <strong>Dandy-Walker complex</strong>, corresponds to a group of disorders believed to represent a continuum spectrum of posterior fossa malformations, characterised by a combined posterior fossa cyst communicating with the <a href="/articles/fourth-ventricle">fourth ventricle</a> as well as abnormal development of the cerebellar vermis. </p><p>These conditions remain poorly understood, and the terminology is still controversial. Some authors recommend avoiding its use as there is a lack of specificity that may create some confusion. Instead, a more detailed anatomic description is recommended <sup>2</sup>.</p><p>Conditions classically included under the term Dandy-Walker continuum include:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Dandy-Walker continuum</strong>, also referred as <strong>Dandy-Walker spectrum</strong> or <strong>Dandy-Walker complex</strong>, corresponds to a group of disorders believed to represent a continuum spectrum of posterior fossa malformations, characterised by inferior <a title="Isolated inferior vermian hypoplasia" href="/articles/isolated-inferior-vermian-hypoplasia">vermian hypoplasia</a> and incomplete formation of the <a title="Fourth ventricle" href="/articles/fourth-ventricle">fourth ventricle</a> which communicates with a prominent posterior fossa CSF space <sup>4</sup>. </p><p>These conditions remain poorly understood, and the terminology is still controversial. Some authors recommend avoiding its use as there is a lack of specificity that may create some confusion. Instead, a more detailed anatomic description is recommended <sup>2</sup>.</p><p>Conditions classically included under the term Dandy-Walker continuum include:</p><ul>
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- 4. Choudhri AF, Cohen HL, Siddiqui A, Pande V, Blitz AM. Twenty-Five Diagnoses on Midline Images of the Brain: From Fetus to Child to Adult. (2018) Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 38 (1): 218-235. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.2018170019">doi:10.1148/rg.2018170019</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29320328">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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