title: Thoracic cord compression in Scheuermann's disease.
abstract: A 29-year-old man with spastic paraparesis of insidious onset was discovered to have thoracic cord compression by a combination of kyphosis and thoracic disc herniation. Radiologic evaluation showed evidence of Scheuermann's disease, of which thoracic kyphosis is one manifestation. Neurologic signs are uncommon in Scheuermann's disease and few cases have been successfully managed with resolution of neurologic deficit. This patient made a virtually complete recovery after thoracic cord decompressions by costrotransversectomy and transthoracic approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yablon
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kasdon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012544:Scheuermann Disease / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging