Another Case of Multilevel Cervical Disconnection Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Encephalopathy

Multilevel cervical disconnection syndrome (MCDS) is a rare malformation of the cervical spine previously documented in two toddlers. We present a case of a newborn first thought to have hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy who was subsequently diagnosed with MCDS. The possibility of in utero presentatio...

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Autores principales: Brady, Kaylan M., Blau, Jonathan A., Serras, Spencer J., Neuman, Jeremy T., Sidlow, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30473896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7908753
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author Brady, Kaylan M.
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Neuman, Jeremy T.
Sidlow, Richard
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description Multilevel cervical disconnection syndrome (MCDS) is a rare malformation of the cervical spine previously documented in two toddlers. We present a case of a newborn first thought to have hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy who was subsequently diagnosed with MCDS. The possibility of in utero presentation of the syndrome in this patient and the categorization of this syndrome in the spectrum of basilar skull/upper cervical malformation syndromes is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-62203992018-11-25 Another Case of Multilevel Cervical Disconnection Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Encephalopathy Brady, Kaylan M. Blau, Jonathan A. Serras, Spencer J. Neuman, Jeremy T. Sidlow, Richard Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Multilevel cervical disconnection syndrome (MCDS) is a rare malformation of the cervical spine previously documented in two toddlers. We present a case of a newborn first thought to have hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy who was subsequently diagnosed with MCDS. The possibility of in utero presentation of the syndrome in this patient and the categorization of this syndrome in the spectrum of basilar skull/upper cervical malformation syndromes is discussed. Hindawi 2018-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6220399/ /pubmed/30473896 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7908753 Text en Copyright © 2018 Kaylan M. Brady et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Another Case of Multilevel Cervical Disconnection Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Encephalopathy
title Another Case of Multilevel Cervical Disconnection Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Encephalopathy
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title_fullStr Another Case of Multilevel Cervical Disconnection Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Encephalopathy
title_full_unstemmed Another Case of Multilevel Cervical Disconnection Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Encephalopathy
title_short Another Case of Multilevel Cervical Disconnection Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Encephalopathy
title_sort another case of multilevel cervical disconnection syndrome presenting as neonatal encephalopathy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220399/
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