[A case of cervical myelopathy due to atlanto-axial subluxation with athetoid cerebral palsy].
We reported cervical myelopathy due to atlanto-axial subluxation of athetoid quadriplegia of cerebral palsy. This lesion was present from upper cervix to lower medulla oblongata, and appeared on MRI. The changes of sSEP was useful to evaluate his spinal function. We think that pediatricians need to understand this pathophysiology, particularly for multihandicapped children.
Itoh
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Division of Child Neurology, Tottori University School of Medicine.
Koeda
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Inagaki
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Sugitani
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D000293:Adolescent; D001264:Athetosis / Q000150:complications*; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000293:injuries*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*