All issues > Volume 26(5); 1983

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1983;26(5):510-515. Published online May 31, 1983.

One Case of Acute Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease.

Do Keum Na¹, Kyung Sook Cho¹, Jonh Dae Jo¹

¹Depart, of Pediatrics，Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan，Korea

Abstract

We experienced a case of Acute Werdnig-Hdffmann Disease in 4 month old infant. The patient was presented characteristic clinical, radiologic finding such as Frogleg position tior Bell-shaped thorax. Diagnosis was estabilished by clinical characteristics with radiologic and muscle biopsy finding. We have presented this rare case and reviewed brief literatures.

Keywords :Acute Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease.