title: Thoracic spinal stenosis in two brothers due to vitamin D-resistant rickets.
abstract: X-linked hypophosphataemic vitamin D-resistant rickets is a rare cause of spinal canal stenosis. Two brothers with this condition presented in adulthood with thoracic myelopathy due to spinal canal stenosis. Both were treated by laminectomy using diamond-tipped burrs, with symptomatic improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ballantyne
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Findlay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009679:Nuclear Family; D011859:Radiography; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery