title: Lumbar spinal stenosis causing congenital clubfoot.
abstract: Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis is believed to rarely cause neurologic symptoms during childhood. We present a 16-year-old boy with bilateral congenital clubfeet surgically corrected by tendo Achillis releases at 2 years of age who presented with progressive, bilateral footdrop. Magnetic resonance imaging of his lumbosacral spine showed severe spinal stenosis at the L3-5 vertebrae. Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis is probably an under-recognized cause of lower extremity neurologic abnormalities, including clubfoot deformity. Magnetic resonance imaging has made this eminently treatable disorder easier to recognize.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Yu-tze
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mancias
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Butler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004576:Electromyography; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis