A Case Report of Scoliosis with Williams Syndrome

Hiroyuki Maruyama; Eiji Taketomi; Shunji Matsunaga; Masao Yamaguchi; Shinji Nakahara; Tomoyuki Yamaguchi; Makoto Nishibatake

doi:10.5035/nishiseisai.49.450

Hiroyuki Maruyama, Eiji Taketomi, Shunji Matsunaga, Masao Yamaguchi, Shinji Nakahara, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Makoto Nishibatake

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Keywords: Williams Syndrome, scoliosis, mental retarda-tion, elfin face

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2000 Volume 49 Issue 2 Pages 450-452

DOI https://doi.org/10.5035/nishiseisai.49.450

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Abstract

We report a case of a nine-year-old girl with scoliosis and Williams syndrome (WS) which rapidly progressed to 75' and required surgical stabilization. Common features of WS include elfin face, mental retardation, and supravalvular aortic stenosis. Orthopaedic manifestations are hallux valgus, little-finger clinodactyly etc, not to mention scoliosis. Spine surgeons should be particularly careful of scoliosis due to the possible rapid progress of WS.

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