Calcified intervertebral disc herniation in a child with myelopathy treated with laminoplasty.
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.
Sato
K
K
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Nagata
K
K
Park
J S
JS
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*