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Congenital cervical spinal atrophy
Author(s) -
Darwish Husam,
Sarnat Harvey,
Archer Carol,
Brownell Keith,
Kotagal Suresh
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880040205
Subject(s) - medicine , paresis , hypotonia , anatomy , atrophy , spinal cord , amyotrophy , spinal muscular atrophy , surgery , pathology , pediatrics , disease , psychiatry
Three children presented at birth with axial hypotonia and symmetrical flaccid paresis limited to the upper extremities, and involving proximal and distal muscle groups. At birth, palmar flexion creases were poorly developed, and the hand muscles were atrophic. These clinical features, the muscle biopsy findings, and the nonprogressive course, suggest a vascular insult to the cervical spinal cord during gestation. The term, congenital cervical spinal atrophy seems most descriptive of these features.