Journal of Bone Research

Journal of Bone Research
Open Access

ISSN: 2572-4916

+44 1478 350008

Mohammad Hossein Nabian

Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Publications
  • Case Report   
    Grisel's Syndrome and Down Syndrome: A Case Report
    Author(s): Saeed Reza Mehrpour and Mohammad Hossein Nabian*

    Grisel's syndrome is defined as non-traumatic subluxation of the atlantoaxial joint, following an inflammatory process in the upper respiratory tract. Patients with Down syndrome have higher risks of developing atlantoaxial instability. Accompaniment of Grisel’s syndrome and Down syndrome was not perused in recent investigations. To our knowledge, only one case of Grisel’s syndrome in an adult patient with Down syndrome has been reported. In this study, we are presenting a case of Grisel syndrome in a 7-year-old boy with Down syndrome, following lymphadenitis. A 7-year-old boy with Down syndrome was admitted in orthopedic ward of shariati hospital with possible diagnose of Grisel’s syndrome and treated him with a mento-occipital traction for 10 days. In this case report for the first time, we represent a pediatric who suffered Down syndrome with Grisel’s sy.. View More»
    DOI: 10.35248/2572-4916.22.10.170

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