Surgical treatment for far-out syndrome associated with abnormal fusion of the L5 vertebral corpus and L4 hemivertebra: a case report (original) (raw)

Progressive vertebral fusion of unknown etiology: A case report

American Journal of Medical Genetics, 2002

We report a 16-year-old male with progressive vertebral fusion of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae; irregular vertebral body surfaces; coronal clefting of the vertebral bodies of the thoracic and lumbar spine; absence of one cervical vertebra; and a few other minor, nonspinous abnormalities. All laboratory findings have been within normal limits. To our knowledge, the particular findings in this patient have not been reported previously.

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