Hi All,
I haven't had a chance to go through the archives yet. I just realized how serious my Son's scoliosis is this morning when my Doctor's office faxed me the radiology report.
He's three years old and I have been concerned about his right shoulder since birth. His doctor shrugged it off until his three-year check-up.
The radiology report notes "Multiple segmentation and fusion anomalies seen in the cervical and upper thoracic spine. There is resultant scoliosis measuring about 44 degrees convex right at the cervicothoracic junction down to T7."
Apart from the vertebral fusion, accompanying rib anomalies and scoliosis he noted "The lungs are clear. Heart and mediastinum are normal. Soft tissues are otherwise normal."
I'm wondering how many congenital cases here are caused by vertebral fusion, and what sort of treatment the Ortho Doc has recommended?
Thanks,
Erica
(aka worried Mom in Calgary)
I haven't had a chance to go through the archives yet. I just realized how serious my Son's scoliosis is this morning when my Doctor's office faxed me the radiology report.
He's three years old and I have been concerned about his right shoulder since birth. His doctor shrugged it off until his three-year check-up.
The radiology report notes "Multiple segmentation and fusion anomalies seen in the cervical and upper thoracic spine. There is resultant scoliosis measuring about 44 degrees convex right at the cervicothoracic junction down to T7."
Apart from the vertebral fusion, accompanying rib anomalies and scoliosis he noted "The lungs are clear. Heart and mediastinum are normal. Soft tissues are otherwise normal."
I'm wondering how many congenital cases here are caused by vertebral fusion, and what sort of treatment the Ortho Doc has recommended?
Thanks,
Erica
(aka worried Mom in Calgary)
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