title: Diagnostic importance of 3D CT images in Klippel-Feil Syndrome with multiple skeletal anomalies: a case report.
abstract: We present here the case of a 12-year-old boy who had Klippel-Feil syndrome with renal, cardiac and multiple skeletal anomalies, and we show the relevent three-dimensional computed tomography images. Our patient had a triple renal pelvis, mitral valve prolapsus, multiple cervical vertebrae fusions, cervical ribs, hypoplasia of the right thumb, spina bifida of L5, lumbalization at the right side of S1 and a sacral curved defect. In this study, we discuss the atypical clinical features and the diagnostic value of three-dimensional CT for evaluating the skeletal anomalies of the Klippel-Feil syndrome cases.
authors.affiliation: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Radiology Dept., Kahramanmaras, Turkey. myuksel@ksu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Murvet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.forename: Hamza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karabiber
authors.forename: K Zafer
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.forename: Gonul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parmaksiz
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed