AICARDI'S SYNDROME WITH CONGENITAL POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVE .

contributed by: Dr. Uma Pandurangi
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Findings
BRAIN;
POSTERIOR FOSSA IS MILDLY ENLARGED IN SIZE .
CISTERNA MAGNA IS ENLARGED AND IS SEEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CEREBELLAR CONVEXITY SUBARACHNOID SPACES.
KEY-HOLE COMMUNICATION WITH THE 4TH VENTRICLE SEEN WHICH IS OF NORMAL SIZE.
LATERAL VENTRICLES SHOW PARALLEL AND STRAIGHT FRONTAL HORNS WITH COLPOCEPHALY.
HIGH RIDING 3RD VENTRICLE SEEN WITH INTERHEMISPHERIC CYST.
CEREBELLAR HEMISPHERES ARE HYPOPLASTIC AND SYMMETRICAL.
ABDOMEN;
URINARY BLADDER IS OVERDISTENDED WITH BILATERAL MILD LOWER URETERIC DILATATION.
BILATERAL KIDNEYS SHOW 11-12 MM PELVIC DILATATION WITH MILD DILATATION OF UPPER AND MID URETERS ON RIGHT SIDE.
NO EVIDENCE OF OLIGOAMNIOS.
Diagnosis
1. DANDY WALKER'S VARIANT WITH CEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA.
2. CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS WITH INTERHEMISPHERIC CYST.
THESE FINDINGS ARE SUGGESTIVE OF AICARDI'S SYNDROME.
3. BILATERAL HYDRONEPHROURETEROSIS WITH OVERDISTENDED URINARY BLADDER ARE SUGGESTIVE OF POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVE .
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