Management of neurofibromatosis spinal deformity, a case report and review of the literature
Keywords:
Neurofibromatosis; Spinal Deformity – operative treatment
Abstract
Patients with NF-1 present musculoskeletal abnormalities with scoliosis being the most common the management of those disorders are demanding. In the present case report it is presented the operative technique that applied for the correction of the scoliotic deformity of a 12 year old patient suffering from NF1.
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4. Akbarnia BA, Gabriel KR, Beckman E, Chalk D. Prevalence of Scoliosis in Neurofibromatosis: Spine 1992;17:244–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199208001-00005.
5. Halmai V, Domán I, de Jonge T, Illés T. Surgical treatment of spinal deformities associated with neurofibromatosis Type 1: Report of 12 cases. J Neurosurg Spine 2002;97:310–6. https://doi.org/10.3171/spi.2002.97.3.0310.
6. Holt JF, Wright EM. The Radiologic Features of Neurofibromatosis. Radiology 1948;51:647–64. https://doi.org/10.1148/51.5.647.
7. Lykissas MG, Mavrogenis AF, Megaloikonomos PD, Gelalis ID, Lykomitros V. Spinal deformities in neurofibromatosis type 1. Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism 2018;15:348–3352.
8. Breig A. Biomechanics of the central nervous system: some basic normal and pathologic phenomena. Almqvist & Wiksell; 1960.
9. Winter RB, Lonstein JE, Anderson M. Neurofibromatosis hyperkyphosis: a review of 33 patients with kyphosis of 80 degrees or greater. J Spinal Disord 1988;1:39–49.
10. Crawford AH. Pitfalls of spinal deformities associated with neurofibromatosis in children. Clin Orthop 1989:29–42.
11. Weinstein SL, Wenger DR. The pediatric spine: principles and practice. LWW; 1994.
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Published
2021-04-26
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Case Report
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