title: Congenital kyphosis and subluxation of the thoraco-lumbar spine due to vertebral aplasia.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*