[Double traumatic cervical spine lesion (odontoid fracture and spinal cord injury) and Klippel-Feil syndrome]

Neurochirurgie. 2012 Dec;58(6):372-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2012.02.029. Epub 2012 Jun 28.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is defined as a congenital fusion of at least two cervical vertebrae. Patients with KFS are known to be at high risk for spinal cord injury in case of cervical trauma even with weak kinetic. We report the case of a patient with C4-C5 and C6-C7 congenital fusion, harbouring C5-C6 post-traumatic spinal cord injury, associated with an odontoid fracture type 2 of Anderson and D'Alonzo classification following a motorbike accident.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Bone Plates
  • Bone Substitutes
  • Cervical Vertebrae / abnormalities*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / instrumentation
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / methods*
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / etiology
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery
  • Klippel-Feil Syndrome / complications*
  • Klippel-Feil Syndrome / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Motorcycles
  • Neck / pathology
  • Odontoid Process / injuries*
  • Odontoid Process / surgery
  • Paresthesia / etiology
  • Reflex, Abnormal
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / etiology*
  • Spinal Fractures / complications*
  • Spinal Fractures / pathology
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery
  • Spinal Fusion / instrumentation
  • Spinal Fusion / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Bone Substitutes