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Abnormal fourth ventricle morphology

MedGen UID:
869208
•Concept ID:
C4023630
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Abnormality of the fourth ventricle
 
HPO: HP:0010950

Definition

An abnormality of the fourth ventricle. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAbnormal fourth ventricle morphology

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Prenatal diagnosis of rhombencephalosynapsis: neuroimaging features and severity of vermian anomaly.
Krajden Haratz K, Oliveira Szejnfeld P, Govindaswamy M, Leibovitz Z, Gindes L, Severino M, Rossi A, Paladini D, Garcia Rodriguez R, Ben-Sira L, Borkowski Tillman T, Gupta R, Lotem G, Raz N, Hamamoto TENK, Kidron D, Arad A, Birnbaum R, Brussilov M, Pomar L, Vial Y, Leventer RJ, McGillivray G, Fink M, Krzeszowski W, Fernandes Moron A, Lev D, Tamarkin M, Shalev J, Har Toov J, Lerman-Sagie T, Malinger G
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;58(6):864-874. doi: 10.1002/uog.23660. PMID: 33942916
Prenatal neurologic anomalies: sonographic diagnosis and treatment.
De Catte L, De Keersmaeker B, Claus F
Paediatr Drugs 2012 Jun 1;14(3):143-55. doi: 10.2165/11597030-000000000-00000. PMID: 22242843
Posterior fossa malformations: main features and limits in prenatal diagnosis.
Garel C
Pediatr Radiol 2010 Jun;40(6):1038-45. Epub 2010 Apr 30 doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1617-7. PMID: 20432023

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rhomboencephalosynapsis: Review of the Literature.
Fouda MA, Kim TY, Cohen AR
World Neurosurg 2022 Mar;159:48-53. Epub 2021 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.062. PMID: 34954057
Fourth ventricle tumors in children: complications and influence of surgical approach.
Toescu SM, Samarth G, Layard Horsfall H, Issitt R, Margetts B, Phipps KP, Jeelani NU, Thompson DNP, Aquilina K
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2021 Jan 1;27(1):52-61. Epub 2020 Oct 23 doi: 10.3171/2020.6.PEDS2089. PMID: 33096529
Medulloblastoma.
Bartlett F, Kortmann R, Saran F
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2013 Jan;25(1):36-45. Epub 2012 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2012.09.008. PMID: 23245832
Disorders affecting the fourth ventricle: etiology and clinical correlates.
Su CH, Young YH
Otol Neurotol 2011 Oct;32(8):1329-35. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31822e5ba7. PMID: 21897323
Borrelia rhombencephalomyelopathy.
Kuntzer T, Bogousslavsky J, Miklossy J, Steck AJ, Janzer R, Regli F
Arch Neurol 1991 Aug;48(8):832-6. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530200072021. PMID: 1898257

Diagnosis

Rhomboencephalosynapsis: Review of the Literature.
Fouda MA, Kim TY, Cohen AR
World Neurosurg 2022 Mar;159:48-53. Epub 2021 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.062. PMID: 34954057
Prenatal diagnosis of rhombencephalosynapsis: neuroimaging features and severity of vermian anomaly.
Krajden Haratz K, Oliveira Szejnfeld P, Govindaswamy M, Leibovitz Z, Gindes L, Severino M, Rossi A, Paladini D, Garcia Rodriguez R, Ben-Sira L, Borkowski Tillman T, Gupta R, Lotem G, Raz N, Hamamoto TENK, Kidron D, Arad A, Birnbaum R, Brussilov M, Pomar L, Vial Y, Leventer RJ, McGillivray G, Fink M, Krzeszowski W, Fernandes Moron A, Lev D, Tamarkin M, Shalev J, Har Toov J, Lerman-Sagie T, Malinger G
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;58(6):864-874. doi: 10.1002/uog.23660. PMID: 33942916
Fourth ventricle tumors in children: complications and influence of surgical approach.
Toescu SM, Samarth G, Layard Horsfall H, Issitt R, Margetts B, Phipps KP, Jeelani NU, Thompson DNP, Aquilina K
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2021 Jan 1;27(1):52-61. Epub 2020 Oct 23 doi: 10.3171/2020.6.PEDS2089. PMID: 33096529
Noninvasive Multimodality Imaging in ARVD/C.
Te Riele ASJM, Tandri H, Sanborn DM, Bluemke DA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 May;8(5):597-611. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.02.007. PMID: 25937197Free PMC Article
Four left ventricular apical abnormalities.
Conti CR
Clin Cardiol 2006 Feb;29(2):50-1. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960290202. PMID: 16506637Free PMC Article

Therapy

Fourth ventricle to spinal subarachnoid space stenting in pediatric patients with refractory syringomyelia: case series and systematic review.
Spennato P, Vitulli F, Tafuto R, Imperato A, Mirone G, Cinalli G
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Mar 11;46(1):67. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-01972-y. PMID: 36905420
Fourth ventricle tumors in children: complications and influence of surgical approach.
Toescu SM, Samarth G, Layard Horsfall H, Issitt R, Margetts B, Phipps KP, Jeelani NU, Thompson DNP, Aquilina K
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2021 Jan 1;27(1):52-61. Epub 2020 Oct 23 doi: 10.3171/2020.6.PEDS2089. PMID: 33096529
Presentation, Surgical Management, and Postoperative Outcome of a Fourth Ventricular Cavernous Malformation: Case Report and Review of Literature.
Kaye J, Zeller S, Patel NV, Herschman Y, Jumah F, Nanda A
World Neurosurg 2020 May;137:78-83. Epub 2020 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.01.185. PMID: 32028002
Non-visualization of choroid plexus of fourth ventricle as first-trimester predictor of posterior fossa anomalies and chromosomal defects.
Martinez-Ten P, Illescas T, Adiego B, Estevez M, Bermejo C, Wong AE, Sepulveda W
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2018 Feb;51(2):199-207. Epub 2018 Jan 2 doi: 10.1002/uog.17445. PMID: 28236314
Perinatal infratentorial haemorrhage: a rare but possibly life-threatening condition.
Henzi BC, Wagner B, Verma RK, Bigi S
BMJ Case Rep 2017 Dec 1;2017 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221144. PMID: 29196306Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Dandy-Walker Malformation.
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Monteagudo A
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020 Dec;223(6):B38-B41. Epub 2020 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.184. PMID: 33168220
Pre- and Postnatal Neuroimaging of Congenital Cerebellar Abnormalities.
Poretti A, Boltshauser E, Huisman TAGM
Cerebellum 2016 Feb;15(1):5-9. doi: 10.1007/s12311-015-0699-z. PMID: 26166429
Noninvasive Multimodality Imaging in ARVD/C.
Te Riele ASJM, Tandri H, Sanborn DM, Bluemke DA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 May;8(5):597-611. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.02.007. PMID: 25937197Free PMC Article
Medulloblastoma.
Bartlett F, Kortmann R, Saran F
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2013 Jan;25(1):36-45. Epub 2012 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2012.09.008. PMID: 23245832
Endoscopic aqueductoplasty and stenting.
Fritsch MJ, Schroeder HW
World Neurosurg 2013 Feb;79(2 Suppl):S20.e15-8. Epub 2012 Feb 10 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.02.013. PMID: 22381819

Clinical prediction guides

Prenatal diagnosis of rhombencephalosynapsis: neuroimaging features and severity of vermian anomaly.
Krajden Haratz K, Oliveira Szejnfeld P, Govindaswamy M, Leibovitz Z, Gindes L, Severino M, Rossi A, Paladini D, Garcia Rodriguez R, Ben-Sira L, Borkowski Tillman T, Gupta R, Lotem G, Raz N, Hamamoto TENK, Kidron D, Arad A, Birnbaum R, Brussilov M, Pomar L, Vial Y, Leventer RJ, McGillivray G, Fink M, Krzeszowski W, Fernandes Moron A, Lev D, Tamarkin M, Shalev J, Har Toov J, Lerman-Sagie T, Malinger G
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;58(6):864-874. doi: 10.1002/uog.23660. PMID: 33942916
Neuroimaging Findings in Moebius Sequence.
Herrera DA, Ruge NO, Florez MM, Vargas SA, Ochoa-Escudero M, Castillo M
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019 May;40(5):862-865. Epub 2019 Apr 4 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6028. PMID: 30948378Free PMC Article
Noninvasive Multimodality Imaging in ARVD/C.
Te Riele ASJM, Tandri H, Sanborn DM, Bluemke DA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 May;8(5):597-611. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.02.007. PMID: 25937197Free PMC Article
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC): cardiovascular magnetic resonance update.
te Riele AS, Tandri H, Bluemke DA
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2014 Jul 20;16(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s12968-014-0050-8. PMID: 25191878Free PMC Article
Posterior fossa malformations: main features and limits in prenatal diagnosis.
Garel C
Pediatr Radiol 2010 Jun;40(6):1038-45. Epub 2010 Apr 30 doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1617-7. PMID: 20432023

Recent systematic reviews

Fourth ventricle to spinal subarachnoid space stenting in pediatric patients with refractory syringomyelia: case series and systematic review.
Spennato P, Vitulli F, Tafuto R, Imperato A, Mirone G, Cinalli G
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Mar 11;46(1):67. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-01972-y. PMID: 36905420
Brainstem cavernous malformations.
Gross BA, Batjer HH, Awad IA, Bendok BR
Neurosurgery 2009 May;64(5):E805-18; discussion E818. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000343668.44288.18. PMID: 19404127

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