Eric Hochberg and Erin Niles practice in the Lung Rescue Unit, an adult veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation unit at the University of Maryland's R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Md. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2021 Jan 1;34(1):22-24. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000723916.22400.8f.
Dandy-Walker malformation is a rare congenital anomaly affecting the posterior fossa, occurring in one in 30,000 births. Its hallmark characteristics include hypoplasia of the vermis, dilation of the fourth ventricle, and an enlarged posterior fossa. This case study describes a finding of Dandy-Walker malformation during a workup of encephalopathy in a patient on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Dandy-Walker 畸形是一种罕见的先天性后颅窝畸形，每 30,000 例出生中就会出现 1 例。其标志性特征包括蚓部发育不良、第四脑室扩张和后颅窝增大。本病例研究描述了在急性呼吸窘迫综合征患者行静脉-静脉体外膜肺氧合治疗期间，因脑病进行检查时发现 Dandy-Walker 畸形的情况。
