title: Congenital cervical kyphosis in a child associated with tetraparesis: case report.
abstract: Congenital cervical kyphosis is a rare clinical condition. We describe an infant presenting with tetraparesis, rapidly progressing to phrenic paralysis and fatal respiratory insufficiency. Therapeutic options remain challenging. Surgical arthrodesis is technically difficult, and one report of a therapeutic thermoplastic body splint is described. Final outcome, however, is dismal. No long-term survivors have been described.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Critical Care Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, BE-1090 Brussels, Belgium. Viola.VanGorp@uzbrussel.be
authors.forename: Viola
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Van Gorp
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dricot
authors.forename: Gerlant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Berlaer
authors.forename: Katrijn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Rompaey
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hachimi-Idrissi
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010791:Phrenic Nerve; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone