Neurodevelopmental outcome after antenatal diagnosis of posterior fossa abnormalities

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 683-689

  Aletebi, Fatma A ^a   Fung, Karen Fung Kee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cisterna magna, enlarged; Dandy Walker malformation; Posterior fossa, abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KARYOTYPE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY 18;

EID: 0032885052     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.10.683     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Barkovich AJ, Kjos BO, Norman D, et al: Revised classification of posterior fossa cysts and cyst like malformations based on the results of multiplanar MR imaging. AJR 153:1289, 1989
2. Pilu G, Romero R, DePalma L, et al: Antenatal diagnosis and obstetric management of Dandy-Walker syndrome. J Reprod Med 31:1017, 1986
3. Comstock CH, Boal DB: Enlarged fetal cisterna magna: Appearance and significance. Obstet Gynecol 66 (Suppl):25S, 1985
4. Nyberg DA, Mahony BS, Hegge FN, et al: Enlarged cisterna magna and the Dandy-Walker malformation: Factors associated with chromosome abnormalities. Obstet Gynecol 77:436, 1991
5. Filly RA, Cardoza JD, Goldstein RB, et al: Detection of fetal central nervous system anomalies: A practical level of effort for a "routine" sonogram. Radiology 172:403, 1989
6. Mahony B, Callen P, Filly R, et al: The fetal cisterna magna. Radiology 153:773, 1984
7. Dempsey PJ, Koch HJ: Intrauterine diagnosis of Dandy Walker syndrome: Differentiation from extra-axial posterior fossa cyst. J Clin Ultrasound 9:403, 1981
8. Diebler C, Dulac O: Pediatric Neurology and Neuroradiology. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987, p 67
9. Filly RA: Ultrasound evaluation of the fetal neural axis. In Callen PW (Ed): Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1994, p 192
10. Alpern GD, Boll TJ: Developmental Profile Manual. Indianapolis: Psychological Development Publications, 1972
11. Thorndike R, Hagen E, Sattler J: Technical Manual for the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. 4th Ed. Chicago, Riverside, 1986
12. Russ PD, Pretorius DH, Johnson MJ: Dandy-Walker syndrome: A review of fifteen cases evaluated by prenatal sonography. Am J Obstet Gynecol 161:401, 1989
13. Cornford E, Twining P: The Dandy-Walker syndrome: The value of antenatal diagnosis. Clin Radiol 45:172, 1992
14. Estroff JA, Parad RB, Barnes PD, et al: Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst: An in utero mimicker of Dandy-Walker malformation. J Ultrasound Med 14:787, 1995
15. Keogen MT, DeAtkine AB, Herzberg BS: Cerebellar vermian defects: Antenatal sonographic appearance and clinical significance. Ultrasound Med 13:607, 1994
16. Altman NR, Naidich TP, Braffman BH: Posterior fossa malformations. AJNR 13:691, 1992
17. Estroff JA, Scott MR, Benacerraf BR: Dandy-Walker variant: Prenatal sonographic features and clinical outcome. Radiology 185:755, 1992
18. Golden JA, Rorke LB, Bruce DA: Dandy-Walker syndrome and associated anomalies. Pediatr Neurosci 13:38, 1987
19. Maria BL, Zinreich SJ, Carson BC, et al: Dandy-Walker syndrome revisited. Pediatr Neurosci 13:45, 1987
20. Hirsch JF, Pierre-Kahn A, Renier D, et al: The Dandy-Walker malformation: A review of 40 cases. J Neurosurg 61:515, 1994
21. Sawaya R, McLaurin RL, et al: Dandy-Walker syndrome, clinical analysis of 23 cases. J Neurosurg 55:89, 1991
22. Chang MC, Russell SA, Callen PW, et al: Sonographic detection of inferior vermian agenesis in Dandy-Walker malformations: Prognostic implications. Radiology 193:765, 1994
23. Haimovici JA, Doubilet PM, Benson CB, et al: Clinical significance of isolated enlargement of the cisterna magna (> 10 mm) on prenatal sonography. J Ultrasound Med 16:731, 1997
24. Isaksen CV, Eik-Nes SH, Blaas HG, et al: Comparison of prenatal ultrasound and postmortem findings in fetuses and infants with central nervous system anomalies. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 11:246, 1998