Dandy-Walker syndrome
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2] Synonyms and keywords:
Overview
Historical Perspective
- The term Dandy-Walker Syndrome was introduced in 1954 by a German psychiatrist Clemens Benda in the light of the following discoveries,[1]
- In 1914, American neurosurgeon Walter Dandy and American pediatrician Kenneth Blackfan recognized the association between the partial or complete absence of cerebellar vermis, hydrocephalus, and fourth ventricular enlargement.[2]
- In 1942, Canadian-American neurosurgeon Arthur Earl Walker and American physician John Taggart contributed by highlighting the possible cause to be the maldevelopment of the foramen of Lushka and Magendie.[3]
- An English surgeon named John Bland Sutton was the first to describe the association of underdeveloped cerebellar vermis, hydrocephalus, and an enlarged posterior fossa in 1887.[4]
Classification
There is no established system for the classification of Dandy-Walker Syndrome.
Pathophysiology
References
- ↑ Benda, Clemens E. (1954). "The Dandy-Walker Syndrome or The So-Called Atresia of the Foramen Magendie*". Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 13 (1): 14–29. doi:10.1093/jnen/13.1.14. ISSN 1554-6578.
- ↑ Dandy, Walter E. (1914). "AN EXPERIMENTAL, CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDY". American Journal of Diseases of Children. VIII (6): 406. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1914.02180010416002. ISSN 0096-8994.
- ↑ Taggart, John K. (1942). "CONGENITAL ATRESIA OF THE FORAMENS OF LUSCHKA AND MAGENDIE". Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry. 48 (4): 583. doi:10.1001/archneurpsyc.1942.02290100083008. ISSN 0096-6754.
- ↑ Sutton, J. Bland (1886). "THE LATERAL RECESSES OF THE FOURTH VENTRICLE; THEIR RELATION TO CERTAIN CYSTS AND TUMOURS OF THE CEREBELLUM, AND TO OCCIPITAL MENINGOCELE". Brain. 9 (3): 352–361. doi:10.1093/brain/9.3.352. ISSN 0006-8950.