Dandy-Walker malformation associated with occipital meningocele and cardiac anomalies: a rare complex embryologic defect.

The authors present the second case in the literature of Dandy-Walker malformation associated with occipital meningocele and congenital cardiac defect. This association suggests that the time of origin of this posterior fossa malformation is before the sixth postconception week; however, the pathogenesis remains unsettled.