title: Spinal ganglioneuroma mimicking adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
abstract: The authors report a 12-year-old girl who presented with a 2-year progressive painless thoracic scoliosis. Her previous development had been normal with no significant past history of illness. MRI revealed a thoracic ganglioneuroma, which was confirmed by surgical pathology. Ganglioneuroma might cause progressive spinal deformity mimicking adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. A careful preoperative survey is mandatory for patients diagnosed with scoliosis with a rigid or rapidly progressive curve. The authors recommend a combination of neurosurgery and orthopedic spine surgery to treat this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Po-Liang
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Tai-Ngar
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Lui
authors.forename: Shih-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Wen-Jer
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae