Sprengel's deformity

Sprengel's deformity

Infobox_Disease
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Caption = 34 year old male with Sprengel's deformity (elevated shoulder) and cervical scoliosis.
DiseasesDB = 31521
ICD10 = ICD10|Q|74|0|q|65
ICD9 = ICD9|755.52
ICDO =
OMIM = 184400
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj = orthoped
eMedicineTopic = 445
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Sprengel's deformity is a relatively rare and congenital skeletal abnormality where a person has one shoulder blade that sits higher on the back than the other.

Presentation

The scapula is small and rotated so that its inferior edge points toward the spine. There is a high correlation between Sprengel's deformity and the Klippel-Feil syndrome.

Sometimes a a bony connection is present between the elevated scapula and one of the cervical vertebrae, usually C5 or C6. This connection is known as the omovertebral bone.

Eponym

It is named for Otto Sprengel. [WhoNamedIt|synd|2450] [O. K. Sprengel. Die angeborene Verschiebung des Schulterblattes nach oben. Archiv für klinische Chirurgie, Berlin, 1891, 42: 545-549.]

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