Tectocerebellar dysraphia with posterior encephalocele (Friede): report of the youngest case. Reappraisal of the condition uniting Cleland-Chiari (Arnold-Chiari) and Dandy-Walker syndromes

Clin Neuropathol. 1994 Jul-Aug;13(4):216-20.

Abstract

This is a neuropathological report of the youngest case ever recorded of tectocerebellar dysraphia with posterior encephalocele. All previously described stigmata were ascertained as well as a few additional findings. Some morphological features of this syndrome similar to and some different from the Dandy-Walker syndrome and the Cleland-Chiari (Arnold-Chiari) anomaly are briefly discussed. Finally the possibility of clinical diagnosis and favourable prognosis of this syndrome are suggested.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation / pathology
  • Cerebellum / abnormalities*
  • Cerebellum / pathology
  • Dandy-Walker Syndrome / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalocele / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fetal Death / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / pathology
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Neural Tube Defects / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord / abnormalities
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Superior Colliculi / abnormalities*
  • Superior Colliculi / pathology