Tubbs R Shane, Wellons John C, Oakes W Jerry
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Dec;39(6):305-8. doi: 10.1159/000075258.
The authors report a patient with type II split cord malformation (SCM) and Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS). Considering our review of the medical literature and present case report, we believe lumbar SCM and KFS in the same patient not to be coincidental findings but rather embryologically related entities. We propose that KFS in at least one of its phenotypes represents a forme fruste of occult spinal dysraphism.
作者报告了一例患有II型脊髓纵裂畸形（SCM）和Klippel-Feil综合征（KFS）的患者。结合我们对医学文献的回顾及本病例报告，我们认为同一患者同时出现腰椎SCM和KFS并非偶然发现，而是在胚胎学上相关的实体。我们提出，KFS至少在其一种表型中代表隐性脊柱裂的一种顿挫型。
