Open AccessA rare cervical spine abnormality associated with neurofibromatosis
Author(s) -
ND Perera,
L N Senevirathna,
D S de Alwis,
Sohan Perera
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal/the ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v51i4.1146
Subject(s) - medicine , medical journal , ceylon , family medicine , sri lanka , alternative medicine , medical science , public health , library science , medical education , pathology , socioeconomics , computer science , programming language , sociology , tanzania
Spinal abnormalities such as kyphoscoliosis and vertebral scalloping are frequent occurrences in type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF1). We report this rare case of posterior displacement of C3 vertebral body into the spinal canal causing severe cord compression associated with neurofibromatosis in a 13-year old girl. She underwent anterior excision of C3 vertebral body, bone graft and fixation of C2- C4, with improvement of her symptoms.