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ArticleTitle | A Case Report of Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita |
AuthorList | Yoshikazu Gembun, Yoshihito Nakayama, Yasumasa Shirai, Masabumi Miyamoto, Takuya Sawaizumi and Shigeyuki Kitamura |
Affiliation | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nippon Medical School |
Language | EN |
Volume | 68 |
Issue | 2 |
Year | 2001 |
Page | 186-189 |
Received | November 14, 2000 |
Accepted | November 30, 2000 |
Keywords | dwarfism with a short trunk, paresis of the lower extremities, atlanto-axial instability, fusion operation |
Abstract | Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED) is a rare form of skeletal systemic disease, characterized by congenital dwarfism with a short trunk and epiphysial dysplasia in the long bones and vertebral bodies. Patients also frequently saffer from atlanto-axial instability due to os odontoideum. Compression of the spinal cord caused by atlanto-axial instability is a common, serious complication in SED patients, and causes severe spinal cord symptoms or occasionally sudden death. We present an SED patient who underwent a posterior fusion of the occiput to the cervical spine for severe spinal cord symptoms due to atlanto-axial instability. |
Correspondence to | Yoshikazu Gembun M. D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan |
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