Incidental Presentation of Dandy Walker Variant in 66 Year Male Patient

Rakesh S Shinde; Pradip Pai Dhungat; Jayant S Kulkarni; Dilip P Bhoge; Ramdas S Joshi; Amey A Bedekar

Incidental Presentation of Dandy Walker Variant in 66 Year Male Patient

J Assoc Physicians India. 2021 Apr;69(4):11-12.

Authors

Rakesh S Shinde¹, Pradip Pai Dhungat², Jayant S Kulkarni³, Dilip P Bhoge⁴, Ramdas S Joshi⁵, Amey A Bedekar¹

Affiliations

¹ Junior Resident,Department of Medicine, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Maharashtra.
² Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Maharashtra.
³ Associate Professor,Department of Medicine, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Maharashtra.
⁴ Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Maharashtra.
⁵ Professor, Department of Medicine, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Maharashtra.

PMID: 34470196

Abstract

Dandy-Walker variant consists of vermian hypoplasia and cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle, without enlargement of the posterior fossa is a distinctive entity believed to represent a mild subtype of Dandy-Walker complex. We report a case of 66 year male presented with right sided hemiparesis due to ischemic stroke whose imaging showed incidental findings Dandy walker variant. This Incidental Dandy Walker malformation finding in adult is rare with only a few cases reported till date.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Dandy-Walker Syndrome* / diagnosis
Humans
Hypertrophy
Male
Paresis
Stroke* / etiology

Supplementary concepts

Dandy Walker variant