Klippel-Feil syndrome

✍ Scribed by Daniel P. O'Donnel; Rawle A. Seupaul

• Book ID: 116193773
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 130 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1532-8171
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.04.017

✦ Synopsis

A healthy 19-year-old man presented with signs and symptoms of central cord syndrome after a moderate fall. He had congenital fusion of multiple cervical vertebrae consistent with Klippel-Feil syndrome. This disorder, although rare, is important for emergency medicine physicians to recognize as a risk factor for cervical cord syndromes.