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Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age
Klippel-Feil syndrome is a rare condition characterized by the congenital fusion of two of the seventh cervical vertebrae. A 50-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of neck pain and ataxia for 1 year. She had not urinary incontinence. She was referred to a neurosurgeon by a neurologist bec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818627/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250706 |
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author | Mirhosseini, Seyyed Ahmad Mirhosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Bidaki, Reza Boshrabadi, Ahmad Pourrashidi |
author_facet | Mirhosseini, Seyyed Ahmad Mirhosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Bidaki, Reza Boshrabadi, Ahmad Pourrashidi |
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description | Klippel-Feil syndrome is a rare condition characterized by the congenital fusion of two of the seventh cervical vertebrae. A 50-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of neck pain and ataxia for 1 year. She had not urinary incontinence. She was referred to a neurosurgeon by a neurologist because of her progressive gait ataxia. Risk for brachial plexus injury because of compression or stretching by the clavicle accelerate with age. Therefore, the surgical approach of adults’ patients with Sprengel's deformity can intend suitable surgical conclusions. |
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spelling | pubmed-38186272013-11-18 Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age Mirhosseini, Seyyed Ahmad Mirhosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Bidaki, Reza Boshrabadi, Ahmad Pourrashidi J Res Med Sci Case Report Klippel-Feil syndrome is a rare condition characterized by the congenital fusion of two of the seventh cervical vertebrae. A 50-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of neck pain and ataxia for 1 year. She had not urinary incontinence. She was referred to a neurosurgeon by a neurologist because of her progressive gait ataxia. Risk for brachial plexus injury because of compression or stretching by the clavicle accelerate with age. Therefore, the surgical approach of adults’ patients with Sprengel's deformity can intend suitable surgical conclusions. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3818627/ /pubmed/24250706 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Mirhosseini, Seyyed Ahmad Mirhosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Bidaki, Reza Boshrabadi, Ahmad Pourrashidi Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age |
title | Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age |
title_full | Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age |
title_fullStr | Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age |
title_full_unstemmed | Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age |
title_short | Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age |
title_sort | sprengel deformity and klippel-feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy presentation in old age |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818627/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250706 |
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