title: Occipitoatlantoaxial junction malformation and early onset senile ankylosing vertebral hyperostosis in a girl with MURCS association.
abstract: Recent onset of head mobility limitations associated with significant stiffness along the vertebral column were the predominating symptomatology in a girl with MURCS association. Occipitoatlantoaxial junction malformation complex and vertebral hyperostosis have been identified. Three-dimensional computerized tomography (3-DCT) scan showed assimilation of the anterior arch of the atlas causing basilar invagination. She also had significant thoracic vertebral hyperostosis closely resembling senile ankylosing vertebral hyperostosis (Forestier disease). We report on what might be a novel constellation of spine maldevelopment in connection with MURCS association.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria. ali.alkaissi@osteologie.at
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Kaissi
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ben Chehida
authors.forename: Maher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Ghachem
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grill
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klaushofer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*