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A patient with warfarin embryopathy developed progressive cervical spinal myelopathy owing to bony cervical spinal damage. While there are several descriptions of warfarin embryopathy, the long-term complication of cervical spinal instability has not been reported. This cervical instability may, as in our patient, cause severe neurological dysfunction or even sudden death; therefore, it is important that pediatric radiologists should be alert to this condition.
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Received: 15 September 1997 Accepted: 24 November 1997
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Takano, H., Smith, W., Sato, Y. et al. Cervical spine abnormalities and instability with myelopathy in warfarin-related chondrodysplasia: 17-year follow-up. Pediatric Radiology 28, 497–499 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050394
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050394