Management of Cervical Myelopathy in Athetoid Cerebral Palsy: Case report.
- Author:
Jun Sung KIM
1
;
Keun Hyeong RYU
;
Seung Han YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Catholic University Medical College.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Athetoid cerebral palsy;
Cervical myelopathy
- MeSH:
Cerebral Palsy*;
Dyskinesias;
Humans;
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration;
Neck;
Spinal Cord Diseases*;
Spine;
Spondylosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1998;22(5):1136-1140
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We present two patients with a cerebral palsy who developed cervical myelopathy long from term involuntary movements. Frequently instability with a premature onset of spondylosis of the cervical spine is found in an athetoid cerebral palsy patient. These structural abnormalities appear to be related to the athetoid motion of neck in a cerebral palsy. The combination of a disk degeneration and listhetic instability with a narrow canal predisposes these patients for the relatively rapid progression to a devastating neurological defect. Early surgical management is a treatment of choice for the cervical myelopathy associated with an athetoid cerebral palsy.
