title: Pain provoked scoliosis. Observations on the evolution of the deformity.
abstract: The case reports of 5 children with scoliosis provoked by painful vertebral lesions of osteoid osteoma and eosinophilic granuloma reveal that the final outcome of the deformity is determined by the interaction of 2 factors: the age of the child (in relation to his growth velocity); the duration of symptoms. Complete resolution in 2 children with scoliosis of 10 months' and one year's duration respectively, and partial regression of a curve which has been present for 6 years in another child draws attention to the fact that spontaneous correction of structural scoliosis can and does occur in a growing child. In the light of this and other evidence it is suggested that early idiopathic scoliosis could possess the potential for spontaneous correction.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications