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Congenital cervical spinal stenosis
Disease definition
Congenital cervical spinal stenosis is a rare neurological disease characterized by a congenital narrowing of the bony anatomy of the cervical spinal canal (saggital diameter <14mm), predisposing the individual to symptomatic neural compression, such as cramps, paresthesias, pain, muscle hypertonia and weakness, myelopathy and sphincter disturbances.
ORPHA:831
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Congenital narrowing of cervical spinal canal
- Congenital stenosis of the cervical spine
- Prevalence: -
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: Adolescent, Adult
- ICD-10: Q06.8
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: -
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
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