title: Anomaly of cervical vertebrae found on orthodontic examination: 8-year-old boy with cleft lip and palate diagnosed with Klippel-Feil syndrome.
abstract: We incidentally encountered an anomaly of the cervical vertebrae during orthodontic examination of an 8-year-old boy with cleft lip and palate. Klippel-Feil syndrome was diagnosed by the orthopedic specialist to whom he had been referred for detailed examination. This case report shows the results of axial multislice-helical computed tomography with three-dimensional reconstructions of the cervical vertebrae. Furthermore, we evaluated the frequency of congenital anomalies on lateral cephalogram in patients with cleft lip and palate or cleft palate and non-cleft controls from among all patients in our orthodontic clinic.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Oral Functional Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. tyoshi03@den.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yawaka
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000628:therapy; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods