High Spinal Cord Injury After a Minor Fall in a 23‐Month‐Old Girl With Atlantoaxial Instability Associated With Morquio Type A: A Case Report
Verneri Kryssi, Johanna Syvänen, Linda Helenius, Arimatias Raitio, Ilkka Helenius · 2026
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Verneri Kryssi and four colleagues report a 23-month-old girl with Morquio type A syndrome. Her loose top neck joint, a known hazard of her condition, gave way in a minor fall days ahead of planned stabilising surgery. Morquio A, a storage disorder classed as mucopolysaccharidosis IVA, weakens the structures bracing the first two neck vertebrae. Imaging showed the atlas slipped forward over the axis, injuring the upper spinal cord and leaving her with four-limb paralysis symptoms.
Surgeons urgently decompressed the cord and fused the skull base to the second vertebra. Recovery surprised on the upside: neurological function improved substantially, and at one year she was free of symptoms. The authors draw two lessons, that trivial trauma can devastate an unstable Morquio neck, and that prompt surgery can still win back full function in a toddler.
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| CREATOR | Verneri Kryssi, Johanna Syvänen, Linda Helenius, Arimatias Raitio, Ilkka Helenius |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19118 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |