Journal article
Significant Scoliosis Regression following Syringomyelia Decompression: Case Report
The Iowa orthopaedic journal, Vol.25, pp.57-59
2005
PMCID: PMC1888773
PMID: 16089074
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Abstract
We present the case of a 5-year-old boy presenting with a 54-degree scoliosis secondary to a Chiari I malformation with a holocord syringomyelia extending from C1 to T10. Neurosurgical treatment involved posterior fossa craniectomy with decompression, and partial C1 laminectomy. At follow-up 7 years later, at age 12, radiographs revealed only a 4-degree scoliosis, and follow-up MRI revealed a deflated syrinx. We report this case to reveal the most significant scoliosis regression seen in our experience that may occur in younger patients after neurosurgical syringomyelia decompression for Chiari I hindbrain herniation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Significant Scoliosis Regression following Syringomyelia Decompression: Case Report
- Creators
- Anthony V Mollano - Department of Orthopaedics and RehabilitationStuart L Weinstein - Department of Orthopaedics and RehabilitationArnold H Menezes - Department of Neurosurgery
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Iowa orthopaedic journal, Vol.25, pp.57-59
- Publisher
- Dept. of Orthopaedics, The University of Iowa; United States
- PMID
- 16089074
- PMCID
- PMC1888773
- ISSN
- 1541-5457
- eISSN
- 1555-1377
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040368702771
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