Adolescent thoracolumbar scoliosis secondary to ganglioneuroma: a two case report.
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Abstract
Case report with review of literature. To report 2 cases of adolescent thoracic scoliosis secondary to paraspinal ganglioneuroma. There are many types of scoliosis caused by known etiological factors. However, to our knowledge, adolescent thoracic scoliosis caused by paraspinal ganglioneuroma is seldom reported. Case report. The deformity of these 2 patients was well corrected, and the tumor mass of ganglioneuroma was resected intact. Minor loss of correction was recorded in the 2 patients at 6-month and 2.5-year follow-up, respectively. No recurrence of tumor was found. Combination of scoliosis correction and tumor mass resection was a successful treatment for this kind of clinicopathological entity.
Medical subject headings
- Ganglioneuroma
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Mediastinal Neoplasms
- Scoliosis
- Thoracic Vertebrae
Anatomy
- thoracic spine
- lumbar spine