Long-term neurological sequelae in achondroplasia

Eur J Pediatr. 1984 Nov;143(1):58-60. doi: 10.1007/BF00442750.

Abstract

Two children with achondroplasia and neurologic sequelae secondary to foramen magnum compression were found to have syringomyelia. In one patient, the cyst was associated with a subependymal glioma. These findings suggest that foramen magnum stenosis may lead to irreversible spinal cord damage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Achondroplasia / complications*
  • Adolescent
  • Cysts / etiology
  • Female
  • Foramen Magnum / diagnostic imaging
  • Glioma / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / etiology
  • Syringomyelia / diagnostic imaging
  • Syringomyelia / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed