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Modified Posterior Vertebral Column Resection for Patients with Thoracolumbar Kyphotic Deformity
Published on: September 16, 2022
Transient kyphotic deformity of the thoracolumbar junction resulting from a large abdominal cyst: a case report
Piet J M van Loon1, Karim Raissadat, Corné J M van Loon
1Department of Orthopedics, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Background Context:
Pronounced kyphosis of the thoracolumbar junction is a common orthopedic problem in adolescents and may require prolonged bracing therapy or correction spondylodesis.
Purpose:
To describe a case where a kyphotic deformity was related to gynecological instead of spine pathology.
Study Design:
Case report.
Methods:
A 17-year-old girl presented with a structural hyperkyphosis of the thoracolumbar spine and radiographic changes of the involved vertebral end plates.
Results:
The thoracolumbar hyperkyphosis appeared to have evolved from a massive intra-abdominal ovarian cyst. Endoscopic paracentesis of the cyst resulted in a complete regression of the hyperkyphosis.
Conclusions:
A hyperkyphosis is not always related to spine pathology, and other potential causes must be excluded before bracing therapy is initiated.