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Originally Posted by cheryl1593 (Post 982800)

I was wondering??? does anyone here have cervical ribs AND congenital cervical stenosis. It is where neck bones have defect also. Seems neck bones are squashing my spine cord. YIP EYYY.

I was just curious if this is some kind of genetic syndrome...not just cervical rib problem. I have heard of some here needing cervical fusion.

I am pretty sure my whole cervical spine, shoulders, bracial plexus is part of overall genetic birth defect.

My shoulders are small and turn in, my neck is the small ballerina type.

I have looked and looked for this specific type of birth defect but had no luck......I would just like to know exactly what defect I have suffered through.....right?

Any answers would be so wonderful!!!

HI Cheryl, guess we have something in common.
I have extra cervical ribs too. My surgeon says its very rare! It is congenital, not sure about genetic. I also have hip dsyplasia & femoralacetabular impingement, which is caused by extra bone growth in hip socket. Ya, I think must be defect that happens in the wound, like some people are born w/one leg shorter than other. I will ask my doc next visit. U could check genetic disease websites.

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Originally Posted by 16rhonda (Post 983610)

Thanks to all that replied!...I have looked through many weird genetics of neck and shoulders. I never found one that included cervical ribs. Next I am going to look at pesticides and nuclear fallout. I was born in rosewell, new mexico, maybe I am an alien?:D.

16honda-did you have your cervical ribs removed?

A mutation in hox genes causes cervical ribs in mammals (and more than one gene can be involved according to a research article I read). Hox genes control the body plan along the head-tail axis (basically segmentation) from fruit flies to humans. And humans have 39 pairs of these genes. These genes are also expressed in the nervous system, abdominal, and vascular tissues too. Mutations in the hox genes also contribute to limb formation. So it is entirely possible that other birth defects accompany cervical ribs since these genes are so important in development.

Cheryl,

I have multiple bony abnormalities iand also have congenital stenosis. At this point, I am not surprised anymore when a doctor looks at an x-ray and sees some bony abnormality. I've also had a few bony tumors including a tumor on one of the 1st ribs. Both of my ribs were abnormal for different reasons and I had an enlarged C7 transverse process impeding into the brachial plexus.

I chalk it up to just "luck" of the draw.