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. (J Child Neurol 1986;1:64-66)
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