Pseudodystonic Posture Secondary to Klippel–Feil Syndrome and Diastematomyelia
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BACKGROUND Dystonic postures possess a great number of differential diagnoses. PHENOMENOLOGY SHOWN We describe a pseudodystonic posture in a 61-year-old woman with skeletal and extra-skeletal abnormalities. EDUCATIONAL VALUE Klippel-Feil syndrome represents an unusual cause of pseudodystonic posture to be considered in the differential diagnosis of dystonia.
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