Congenital kyphosis and subluxation of the thoraco-lumbar spine due to vertebral aplasia.
Vertebral body aplasia or hypoplasia leads to rapidly progressive spinal deformity and neurologic defects when unrecognized in infancy. Four patients with this unusual defect are described.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology*; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000151:congenital*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*