Long-term neurological sequelae in achondroplasia

✍ Scribed by Jacqueline T. Hecht; Ian J. Butler; Charles I. Scott

• Book ID: 104776122
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 798 KB
• Volume: 143
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00442750

✦ Synopsis

Two children with achondroplasia and neurologic sequelae secondary to foramen magnum compression were found to have syringomyelia. In one patient, the cyst was associated with a subependymal glioma. These findings suggest that foramen magnum stenosis may lead to irreversible spinal cord damage.