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Development of Paraplegia after Breech Presentation
Author(s) -
MELCHIOR J. C.,
TYGSTRUP I.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1963.tb03761.x
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , hypotonia , presentation (obstetrics) , breech presentation , paraplegia , spinal cord , pathological , lesion , surgery , pediatrics , pregnancy , pathology , psychiatry , biology , genetics
SUMMARY A case history of a boy born in breech presentation is reported together with the autopsy findings. In this case parturition had been uncomplicated. Throughout his seven months of life the boy had been marked by hypotonia of the lower extremities and of respiratory insufficiency. At autopsy a closed, almost transversal lesion of the cervical spinal cord was demonstrated, including progressive, degenerative processes and minor cortical injuries, all of which have probably developed simultaneously. The great value of a pathological‐anatomical examination of the spinal cord is emphasized.