RARE ASSOCIATION OF DOWN SYNDROME WITH DANDY WALKER MALFORMATION

Suresh Goyal; Vignesh Nayak H.; Reeta Meena

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1703784

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2014; 04(02): 140-141
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703784

Case Report

RARE ASSOCIATION OF DOWN SYNDROME WITH DANDY WALKER MALFORMATION

Authors

Suresh Goyal

¹Professor & HOD, Department of Pediatrics, R.N.T Medical College, Udaipur
Vignesh Nayak H.

²Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore-575018, Karnataka, India
Reeta Meena

³Resident, Department of Pediatrics, R.N.T Medical College, Udaipur

Abstract

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Abstract:

We report on a patient with Down syndrome and a multi-systemic condition comprising congenital heart disease (ASD) and neurological malformation (Dandy walker malformation). The co-occurrence of Down syndrome (DS) and Dandy walker malformation is relatively uncommon

Keywords:

Down syndrome - Dandy walker malformation

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