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Idiopathic extension contracture of the cervical spine: a report of two cases
W W DeMuth1, E P Schwentker, G D MacEwen
1Department of Surgery, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
Two cases of a previously undescribed condition are reported. Both patients had an extension contracture of the cervical spine, secondary to a tight ligamentum nuchae. This condition has not been described in patients without an underlying disease process.