Congenital and infantile scoliosis in triplets.
Presumed monozygotic triplets presented with discordant, "mirrow-image," hemivertebral congenital scoliosis in 2 infants and an idiopathic (infantile) scoliosis, without recognized developmental abnormalities, in the third. The findings suggest extragenetic causality in all 3--problems of cleavage/somite formation in the 2 with hemivertebrae, and intrauterine positioning in the third.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D014310:Triplets