All issues > Volume 28(12); 1985

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1985;28(12):1221-1224. Published online December 31, 1985.

A Case of Spondylothoracic Dysplasia.

Jong Sic Joo, Bong Joon Chung, Yong Sub Kim, Kyung Hye Park, Chan Yung Kim

¹Department of Pediatrics,College of Medicine, Pusan National University

Abstract

The author experienced a case of spondylothoracic dysplasia from 4 month old female-patient who had congenital anomalies on vertebrae & thorax. She was born with normal weight and full term, but she looked bizarre because of shortened trunk & neck, marked protuberant abdomen, prominent lumbar lordosis. On admission, she had growth retardation for having upper respiratory tract infection and feeding disturbance after birth. On radio- logical examination, there was multiple anomalies including he mi vertebrae, block vertebrae, spina bifida and maldevelopment of thorax. Clinical & radiological feature of this subject was described and review of literature was given.

Keywords :Dysplasia; Spine; Thorax