Article
Congenital synspondylism.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 1992
Wiles C R, Taylor T F, Sillence D O
Abstract excerpt
We present 3 patients with a specific pattern of congenital familial extensive vertebral anomalies (CFEVA) with vertebral and carpal coalition. It is proposed that these patients and two previously reported cases have a vertebral disorder akin to symphalangism in the fingers. The name synspondylism is proposed. Two instances of sib recurrence point to Mendelian segregation in some instances of synspondylism. The...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Radiography
- Spinal Diseases
- Thoracic Vertebrae