Brief clinical report - Cervical stenosis secondary to rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata

Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP) is a rare peroxisomal disorder leading to multiple developmental malformations, including skeletal deformi ty. Specifically, involvement of the vertebral bodies has been described. P resented here is a case of a two-year-old female child with RCDP leading to advanced cervical stenosis as detected on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the cervical spine. The practicing clinician should be aware of the possibility of cervical stenosis secondary to RCDP and its impact on t he management of the patient with this rare disease process. (C) 2001 Wiley -Liss, Inc.