title: Progressive non-infectious anterior vertebral fusion.
abstract: Four cases of progressive non-infectious anterior vertebral fusion are described. Three cases remain relatively asymptomatic, but one has developed spinal cord compression secondary to an acute angled kyphosis. The clinical, radiological, and pathological features are reviewed and some comparisons with the spinal changes in thalidomide embryopathy are made.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D012544:Scheuermann Disease / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013792:Thalidomide / Q000009:adverse effects; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013792:Thalidomide