Achondroplasia: unusual bone abnormalities of the cervical spine.
We report the case of an achondroplastic child in whom severe morphological and postural abnormalities of the cervical vertebrae were coupled with only mild and stable neurological deficits. The pathogenesis of the abnormalities is discussed.
Ferrante
L
L
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
Acqui
M
M
Celli
P
P
Santoro
A
A
Fortuna
A
A
D000130:Achondroplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination