Dandy-Walker continuum
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Dandy Walker continuum, also referred asDandy Walker spectrum orDandy Walker complex, corresponds to a group of disorders believed to represent a continuum spectrum of posterior fossa malformations, characterised by a combined posterior posterior fossa cyst communicating with communicating with thefourth ventricle as well as abnormal development of the cerebellar vermis.
These conditions remain poorly understood, and this terminology is still a controversy. Some authors recommend to avoid it as there is a lack of specificity specificity that may create some confusion. Instead, a more detailed anatomic description is recommended2.
Conditions classically included under the term Dandy Walker continuum include:
-<p><strong>Dandy Walker continuum</strong>, also referred as <strong>Dandy Walker spectrum</strong> or <strong>Dandy Walker complex</strong>, corresponds to a group of disorders believed to represent a continuum spectrum of posterior fossa malformations, characterised by a combined posterior fossa cyst communicating with the <a href="/articles/fourth-ventricle">fourth ventricle</a> as well as abnormal development of the cerebellar vermis. </p><p>These conditions remain poorly understood, and this terminology is still a controversy. Some authors recommend to avoid it as there is a lack of specificity that may create some confusion. Instead, a more detailed anatomic description is recommended <sup>2</sup>. </p><p>Conditions classically included under the term Dandy Walker continuum include:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Dandy Walker continuum</strong>, also referred as <strong>Dandy Walker spectrum</strong> or <strong>Dandy Walker complex</strong>, corresponds to a group of disorders believed to represent a continuum spectrum of posterior fossa malformations, characterised by a combined posterior fossa cyst communicating with the <a href="/articles/fourth-ventricle">fourth ventricle</a> as well as abnormal development of the cerebellar vermis. </p><p>These conditions remain poorly understood, and this terminology is still a controversy. Some authors recommend to avoid it as there is a lack of specificity that may create some confusion. Instead, a more detailed anatomic description is recommended <sup>2</sup>. </p><p>Conditions classically included under the term Dandy Walker continuum include:</p><ul>
-<a href="/articles/dandy-walker-variant-4">Dandy Walker variant</a><ul><li><a href="/articles/isolated-inferior-vermian-hypoplasia">Isolated inferior vermian hypoplasia</a></li></ul>- +<a href="/articles/dandy-walker-variant-4">Dandy Walker variant</a><ul><li><a href="/articles/isolated-inferior-vermian-hypoplasia">isolated inferior vermian hypoplasia</a></li></ul>
-<li><a href="/articles/blake-s-pouch-cyst">Blake’s pouch cyst </a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/fourth-ventriculocoele">fourth ventriculocoele </a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/blake-s-pouch-cyst">Blake’s pouch cyst </a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/fourth-ventriculocoele">fourth ventriculocoele </a></li>
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