Congenital cervical instability in a patient with camptomelic dysplasia.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2006
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Camptomelic dysplasia (CD) is a rare autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia classically characterized by bent bones of the extremities, tracheobronchial narrowing, thoracic kyphoscoliosis, and various degrees of phenotypic sex reversal. Most patients die of complications in infancy, although long-term survivors have been reported.
CASE REPORT: We report a case of CD complicated by incomplete ossification of the cervical vertebral pedicles, resulting in congenital cervical instability and kyphosis. Closed reduction was performed, and the patient was fitted with a customized cervical orthosis.
FINDING: He subsequently developed a complete spinal cord injury at the kyphotic level. This underscores the grim prognosis associated with neonatal cervical spinal instability.
Volume
22
Issue
9
First Page
1212
Last Page
1214
ISSN
0256-7040
Published In/Presented At
Lekovic, G. P., Rekate, H. L., Dickman, C. A., & Pearson, M. (2006). Congenital cervical instability in a patient with camptomelic dysplasia. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 22(9), 1212–1214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0071-1
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
16555077
Department(s)
Department of Surgery Faculty
Document Type
Article