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Tectocerebellar Dysraphia and Occipital Encephalocele: An Unusual Association with Abdominal Situs Inversus and Congenital Heart Disease
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Tectocerebellar Dysraphia and Occipital Encephalocele: An Unusual Association with Abdominal Situs Inversus and Congenital
Heart Disease
Sriram Krishnamurthy2, 3  , Seema Kapoor2, Vipul Sharma2 and Anjali Prakash1
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Department of Radiodiagnosis, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India |
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Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002, India |
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Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 110002, India |
Received: 7 January 2007 Accepted: 9 March 2008 Published online: 22 September 2008
Abstract Tectocerebellar dysraphia is a rare constellation of malformations comprising of occipital encephalocele, aplasia of the cerebellar
vermis and deformity of the tectum. We describe a 7 month old infant who presented with tectocerebellar dysraphia associated
with double outlet right ventricle, pulmonary stenosis and abdominal situs inversus. This association has not been reported
in the literature, to the best of our knowledge.
Key words Tectocerebellar dysraphia - Occipital encephalocele - Double outlet right ventricle - Abdominal situs inversus
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