Klippel-Feil syndrome

A physical disorder that is characterized by abnormal segmentation of the vertebra during fetal development which results in fusion located in cervical vertebra.

Also known as: Klippel-Feil and Turner syndrome; Klippel-Feil deformity, deafness and facial asymmetry; autosomal dominant Klippel-Feil syndrome; congenital dystrophia brevicollis; congenital synostosis of cervical vertebrae