title: [Complete synostosis of the cervical spine at a young age. A thus far unpublished disease].
abstract: A case of complete synostosis of the cervical spine in a 12-year-old girl is described. Differential diagnosis included dysontogenetic forms of synostosis, Klippel-Feil syndrome, rheumatic synostosis and synostosis of other inflammatory origin. This severe case, the first of its type to be described, appeared to be due to tuberculosis of the cervical spine.
authors.affiliation: Stiftung Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukoschek
authors.forename: F U
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Niethard
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013580:Synostosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Komplette Synostosierung der Halswirbelsäule im jugendlichen Alter. Ein bisher unveröffentlichtes Krankheitsbild.