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This is a report of a 18 year-old woman with two consecutive fetuses suffering from a Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM). The first diagnosis of Dandy-Walker syndrome was at 24 weeks gestation. According to the parent’s request, this pregnancy was terminated. Seven months after that event a new case of Dandy-walker malformation was diagnosed in the same woman. She was at 21 weeks of gestation.
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Obwegeser, R., Deutinger, J. & Bernaschek, G. Recurrent Dandy-Walker malformation. Arch Gynecol Obstet 255, 161–163 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02390945
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