Cervico-thoracic kyphosis in a girl with Pierre Robin sequence
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Al Kaissi, Ali; Ganger, Rudolf; Klaushofer, Klaus; Grill, Franz
- Source
- GMS German Medical Science, Vol 9, p Doc06 (2011)
- Subject
- Pierre Robin sequence
vertebral body hypoplasia
kyphosis
paralysis
CT scan
Medicine
- Language
- German
English
- ISSN
- 1612-3174
Congenital cervico-thoracic kyphosis has been encountered in a girl with Pierre Robin sequence. The constellation of the spine malformation complex such as incomplete development of the vertebral bodies associated with defective ossification of the cervico-thoracic pedicles causing effectively the development of complete spinal cord injury at the kyphotic level of C7/T1 were present. Congenital kyphosis secondary to vertebral body hypoplasia has not been reported in connection with Pierre Robin sequence.