Klippel-Feil syndrome(English)

• essentially describes the congenital fusion of two or more cervical vertebrae. May be classified by the degree and location of vertebral fusion. Type I is a fusion of cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae with synostoses, type II is an isolated fusion of the cervical spine, and type III shows fusion of cervical vertebrae associated with lower thoracic or upper lumbar fusion. Significant clinical heterogeneity occurs, and the syndrome can occur in isolation or associated with other skeletal abnormalities; visual and hearing impairment; orofacial anomalies; or visceral anomalies including cardiac, kidney, genitourinary, and neurologic; aka cervical vertebral fusion, congenital cervical synostosis, isolated Klippel-Feil syndrome, Klippel-Feil anomaly
• Congenital disorders, Musculoskeletal system, Spine (or spinal cord)
• https://doi.org…44548-1.00060-7