title: Calcified intervertebral disc herniation in a child with myelopathy treated with laminoplasty.
abstract: METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of pediatric calcified intervertebral disc herniations at the cervical-thoracic junction surgically treated with laminoplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 13-year-old girl with calcified intervertebral disc herniations at C7/Th1 and Th1/2 causing myelopathy was performed with laminoplasty .
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative course was without complication, and the neurologic examination returned to a completely normal state at 5 years to date after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laminoplasty produced an excellent result and is a consideration for treatment of similar cases of calcified intervertebral disc herniation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*