2007 Volume 6 – Issue 1

Pregnancy and measles: Case report and review of literature

Paplomata E, Tsalikis L

We present the case of a 32 year old woman who was diagnosed with measles at 38 weeks of gestation, during a measles outbreak which appeared in northern Greece since November 2005. She was complicated by pneumonia and an emergency caesarian section was performed due to fetal distress. After the widespread use of the vaccine, measles is one of the rarest infectious complications …

Dandy-Walker syndrome variant: A case report

Georgogiannis N, Papatheodorou D, Kokkalis P, Mpasoukos A, Tsavez N, Papadimitriou A

The Dandy Walker syndrome includes the following abnormalities: 1) ventriculomegaly of variable degree, 2) a large cisterna magna, and 3) a defect in the cerebellar vermis through which the cyst communicates with the fourth ventricle. The prevalence of the syndrome is 1/30.000 births and appears with 3 different types: Dandy Walker classic, mega cisterna magna, and Dandy Walker variant …