Neurologia medico-chirurgica
Online ISSN : 1349-8029
Print ISSN : 0470-8105
ISSN-L : 0470-8105
Dandy-Walker Syndrome Associated with Occipital Meningocele and Spinal Lipoma —Case Report—
Takashi SHUTOKenichi SEKIDOYutaka OHTSUBOAkihiko SAIDAIsao YAMAMOTO
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1999 Volume 39 Issue 7 Pages 544-547

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Abstract
A neonate presented with Dandy-Walker syndrome associated with occipital meningocele and spinal lipoma, manifesting as soft masses on the skull and lumbosacral regions. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a large posterior fossa cyst between the fourth ventricle and occipital meningocele, but the aqueduct was patent and there was no sign of hydrocephalus. A cyst-peritoneal shunt was emplaced at the age of 8 days followed by partial removal of the spinal lipoma and untethering of the cord at the 3 months. Follow-up examination of age 3 years found almost normal development, although the cyst still persisted.
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