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Minerva Anestesiologica 2009 March;75(3):169-70

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language: English

Tetraplegia and respiratory failure following mild cervical trauma in a child with Cornelia De Lange syndrome

Del Gaudio A., Varano L., Perrotta F., Sorrentino E., Pagano A.

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza Hospital, IRCCS, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy

Here we report a 6-year-old female patient with Cornelia de Lange syndrome who developed tetraplegia and respiratory failure after a seemingly trivial spinal trauma due to an spinal malformation that has not yet been described.