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Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion
Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is characterized by failed segmentation of the cervical spine leading to inappropriately fused vertebral bodies. A 64-year-old male with a previous L5-S1 decompression presented with significant neck pain with radiation into the entire right upper extremity and hand. Imag...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33833930 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13719 |
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author | Mahajan, Uma V Labak, Kyle B Labak, Collin M Herring, Eric Z Hdeib, Alia M |
author_facet | Mahajan, Uma V Labak, Kyle B Labak, Collin M Herring, Eric Z Hdeib, Alia M |
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description | Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is characterized by failed segmentation of the cervical spine leading to inappropriately fused vertebral bodies. A 64-year-old male with a previous L5-S1 decompression presented with significant neck pain with radiation into the entire right upper extremity and hand. Imaging demonstrated fusion of the vertebral bodies at C2-3, C4-6, and C7-T1 with associated disc bulges at C3-4 and C6-7. Common presentation of KFS includes significant spondylosis and cervical myeloradiculopathy in addition to the classic triad of short neck, low posterior hairline, and restricted neck motion. We present exemplary images of this rare condition to aid clinicians in future diagnoses. |
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spelling | pubmed-80195832021-04-07 Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion Mahajan, Uma V Labak, Kyle B Labak, Collin M Herring, Eric Z Hdeib, Alia M Cureus Radiology Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is characterized by failed segmentation of the cervical spine leading to inappropriately fused vertebral bodies. A 64-year-old male with a previous L5-S1 decompression presented with significant neck pain with radiation into the entire right upper extremity and hand. Imaging demonstrated fusion of the vertebral bodies at C2-3, C4-6, and C7-T1 with associated disc bulges at C3-4 and C6-7. Common presentation of KFS includes significant spondylosis and cervical myeloradiculopathy in addition to the classic triad of short neck, low posterior hairline, and restricted neck motion. We present exemplary images of this rare condition to aid clinicians in future diagnoses. Cureus 2021-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8019583/ /pubmed/33833930 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13719 Text en Copyright © 2021, Mahajan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Mahajan, Uma V Labak, Kyle B Labak, Collin M Herring, Eric Z Hdeib, Alia M Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion |
title | Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion |
title_full | Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion |
title_fullStr | Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion |
title_full_unstemmed | Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion |
title_short | Images in Spine: A Rare Abnormal Bony Fusion |
title_sort | images in spine: a rare abnormal bony fusion |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33833930 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13719 |
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