 Dandy-Walker Syndrome
"Dandy-Walker Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.252.300 C10.228.140.602.288 C10.228.140.631.450.500 C10.500.205 C16.131.666.205
|
| Concept/Terms |
Dandy-Walker Syndrome- Dandy-Walker Syndrome
- Dandy Walker Syndrome
- Syndrome, Dandy-Walker
- Dandy-Walker Syndrome, Familial
- Dandy Walker Syndrome, Familial
- Familial Dandy-Walker Syndrome
- Syndrome, Familial Dandy-Walker
- Dandy-Walker Malformation
- Dandy Walker Malformation
- Malformation, Dandy-Walker
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dandy-Walker Syndrome".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Dandy-Walker Syndrome".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dandy-Walker Syndrome" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Dandy-Walker Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Dandy-Walker Syndrome" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
-
Whitehead MT, Vezina G, Schlatterer SD, Mulkey SB, du Plessis AJ. Taenia-tela choroidea complex and choroid plexus location help distinguish Dandy-Walker malformation and Blake pouch cysts. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Jul; 51(8):1457-1470.
-
Wineland A, Menezes MD, Shimony JS, Shinawi MS, Hullar TE, Hirose K. Prevalence of Semicircular Canal Hypoplasia in Patients With CHARGE Syndrome: 3C Syndrome. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 02 01; 143(2):168-177.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|