2003 Idiopathic Scoliosis As a Presenting Sign of Familial Neurologic Abnormalities Medscape

Description: Idiopathic Scoliosis As a Presenting Sign of Familial Neurologic Abnormalities from Spine 28(1):40-45, 2003 Posted 02/05/2003 Masatoshi Inoue, MD, Yoshinori Nakata, MD, Shohei Minami, MD, Hiroshi Kitahara, MD, Yoshinori Otsuka, MD, Keijiro Isobe, MD, Masashi Takaso, MD, Makoto Tokunaga, MD, Takashi Itabashi, MD, Shinsuke Nishikawa, MD, Hideshige Moriya, MD
Conclusions: It is suggested that familial neurologic abnormalities may have a wide range of expression, and that some patients with "idiopathic" scoliosis present with genetically determined craniovertebral malformations such as syringomyelia, Chiari 1 malformation, and tonsillar ectopia.