Cervicomedullary junction decompression in a case of Marshall-Smith syndrome. Case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The case is reported of a 2-year-old boy born with Marshall-Smith syndrome who had difficulty in swallowing and who exhibited spasticity and quadriparesis due to compression of the medulla and cervical spine. This is the first child with this rare condition reported to have brain-stem compression from bone abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction and who has required surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Growth Disorders
- Medulla Oblongata
- Spinal Cord Compression