Klippel-Feil syndrome.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-2859, USA.
A healthy 19-year-old man presented with signs and symptoms of central cord syndrome after a moderate fall. He had congenital fusion of multiple cervical vertebrae consistent with Klippel-Feil syndrome. This disorder, although rare, is important for emergency medicine physicians to recognize as a risk factor for cervical cord syndromes.
PMID: 18272131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]