Table 2 The frequency of CNS injury in genetic skeletal disorder patients.

From: Identification of clinical and radiographic predictors of central nervous system injury in genetic skeletal disorders

Genetic skeletal disorder patients

n

%

Central nervous system injury

71

26.1

Spinal cord injury (myelomalacia + hydrosyringomyelia + SCIWORA)

59

21.7

Myelomalacia (cervical + thoracic)

14

5.2

 Cervical myelomalacia

13

4.8

 Thoracic myelomalacia

1

0.4

Hydrosyringomyelia (cervical + thoracic + cervical and thoracic)

20

7.4

 Thoracic hydrosyringomyelia

10

3.7

 Cervical hydrosyringomyelia

4

1.5

 Cervical and thoracic hydrosyringomyelia

6

2.2

Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities (SCIWORA)

26

9.6

Brain injury

16

5.9

Encephalomalacia

8

2.9

Diffuse white matter abnormalities

3

1.1

Malformation

5

1.8

  1. Brain and spinal cord injury simultaneously occurred in four cases (1.5%), and myelomalacia and hydrosyringomyelia occurred in one case (0.4%).
  2. CNS central nervous system.
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