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9705592

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
Down's syndrome patients are prone to cervical ligamentous laxity, the vast majority of which is at the C1/2 level. We describe the case of a 2-year-old girl with Down's syndrome who was found to have cervical instability at the C2/3 level on screening cervical spine radiographs with 9 mm of anterolisthesis of C2 on C3. She was without clinically evident neurological deficit from this condition; however, T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of her cervical spine revealed high intensity signal changes within the spinal cord at and above that level. She underwent posterior fusion that was complicated by poor tolerance of her Minerva-type cervical brace. She eventually developed a stable fusion with 5 mm of anterolisthesis at the C2/3 level. This is the only Down's syndrome patient with instability at the C2/3 level that we have found reported. Our experience suggests that Down's syndrome patients can have instability at C2/3 that can be successfully treated with posterior fusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1016-2291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
143-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
C2/3 instability in a child with Down's syndrome . case report and discussion.
pubmed:affiliation
Sections of Neurosurgery and Orthopedics, University of Chicago Children's Hospital, Chicago, Ill., USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports