Hereditary multiple exostoses with spine involvement in a 4-year-old boy.
Am J Med Genet A
; 152A(5): 1264-7, 2010 May.
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| ID: mdl-20425833
ABSTRACT
Hereditary multiple exostosis (HME) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by multiple osteochondromas. We describe a case of acute cervical spinal cord compression arising from an exostosis at the lamina of C7 and T1 in a 4-year-old Mexican-American boy with HME. His affected sibling also displayed spinal cord compression because of a bony exostosis. Acute cervical spinal cord compression resulting from osteochondroma is a serious complication of HME. (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Coluna Vertebral
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Exostose Múltipla Hereditária
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Med Genet A
Assunto da revista:
GENETICA MEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos