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The relationship of Arnold-Chiari and Dandy-Walker malformations

1972; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Volume: 36; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3171/jns.1972.36.4.0481

1933-0693

W. James Gardner, J. Lawton Smith, Dorcas H. Padget,

Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

✓ The posterior fossa is abnormally small in cases of Arnold-Chiari malformation because the tentorium is too low, whereas it is abnormally large in the Dandy-Walker malformation because the tentorium is too high.