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Congenital neural abnormalities presenting with mirror movements in a patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome. Case report.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6619945     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A young girl with Klippel-Feil syndrome presented with the onset of mirror movements in early childhood. Computerized tomography studies of her cervical spine and brain revealed fibrous diastematomyelia with duplication of the cervical spinal cord and an extra-axial midline posterior fossa cyst, together with the multiple cervical vertebral anomalies. Exploration of the posterior fossa lesion revealed it to be a dermoid cyst. The congenital spinal and cord abnormalities found in this case support the hypothesis that the Klippel-Feil syndrome may be associated with variable duplication of the spinal cord and that mirror movements may be related to impairment of pyramidal tract decussation.
Authors:
I R Whittle; M Besser
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neurosurgery     Volume:  59     ISSN:  0022-3085     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosurg.     Publication Date:  1983 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1983-11-23     Completed Date:  1983-11-23     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0253357     Medline TA:  J Neurosurg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  891-4     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brain Diseases / congenital,  radiography*
Child, Preschool
Dermoid Cyst / congenital,  radiography
Female
Humans
Klippel-Feil Syndrome / radiography*
Movement Disorders / congenital,  radiography
Neural Tube Defects / radiography
Spinal Cord Diseases / congenital,  radiography*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / congenital,  radiography

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