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KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME

Maurice Klippel and Andre Feil first to describe syndrome in 1912 -Characterized by patients with: Short neck Low...

H. Foyaca-Sibat, L de F Ibañez-Valdés: Klippel-Feil Syndrome "Plus". The Internet Journal of Internal Medicine. 2003. Volume 4 Number 1.
We report a case with Klippel-Feil (KFS) syndrome associated with hypertelorism, microtia, Sprengel deformity, hand and feet deformities, scoliosis, clinical manifestations of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, other anomalies, and severe arterial hypertension secondary...

In 1912, Maurice Klippel and Andre Feil independently provided the first descriptions of Klippel-Feil syndrome. They described patients who had a short, webbed neck; decreased range of motion (ROM) in the cervical spine; and a low hairline. Feil subsequently classified the syndrome into 3 categories:
Type I - a massive...

* fused vertebrae
o esp. cervical spine (C3-C4)
* elevation of scapula (Sprengel deformity)
* omocervical bones
* GU abnormalities (66%)
o renal agenesis (33%)
* deafness (33%)

Klippel-Feil syndrome/ congenital malformations of the cervical spine
Objectives
List the clinical features (triad of Feil) noted in children with Klippel-Feil syndrome
Discuss workup and management of a child recently diagnosed as having Klippel-Feil syndrome
Describe spinal anomalies associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome
Discuss the differential diagnosis and diagnostic approach of a...

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