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Rib displacement threatening the spinal cord in a scoliotic child with neurofibromatosis
J N Dacher1, S Zakine, M Monroc
1Department of Pediatric Radiology, Rouen University Hospital, France.
Pediatric Radiology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
About 30% of children with neurofibromatosis are affected by scoliosis usually due to bony dysplasia and/or neurogenic tumors. We report the case of a scoliotic girl with type 1 neurofibromatosis presenting with a costovertebral dislocation at the apex of the spinal curvature.