Progressive Quadriparesis following a Minor Trauma in a Patient with Klippel-Feil Syndrome: Case Report.
- Author:
Keung Nyun KIM
1
;
Kyung Suk PARK
;
Hyun Woo KIM
;
Chul Ku CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Klippel-Feil syndrome;
Myelopathy;
Spinal instability;
Occipitocervical fusion
- MeSH:
Cervical Vertebrae;
Decompression;
Female;
Foramen Magnum;
Humans;
Klippel-Feil Syndrome*;
Middle Aged;
Quadriplegia*;
Spinal Cord Diseases
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2002;31(2):192-194
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Klippel-Feil syndrome is characterized by congenital fusion of cervical vertebrae with a wide range of associated anomaly. The authors present a 50-year-old Klippel-Feil syndrome patient with a minor trauma followed progressive quadriparesis. He had typical radiologic findings of type II Klippel-Feil syndrome and presented progressive myelopathy due to cord compression at foramen magnum level with cervical instability. The patient underwent craniocervical decompression and fusion. The authors reviewed the pertinent literatures and discussed this rare syndrome.
