Adolescent thoracolumbar scoliosis secondary to ganglioneuroma: a two case report.
METHODS
Case report with review of literature.


OBJECTIVE
To report 2 cases of adolescent thoracic scoliosis secondary to paraspinal ganglioneuroma.


BACKGROUND
There are many types of scoliosis caused by known etiological factors. However, to our knowledge, adolescent thoracic scoliosis caused by paraspinal ganglioneuroma is seldom reported.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
The deformity of these 2 patients was well corrected, and the tumor mass of ganglioneuroma was resected intact. Minor loss of correction was recorded in the 2 patients at 6-month and 2.5-year follow-up, respectively. No recurrence of tumor was found.


CONCLUSIONS
Combination of scoliosis correction and tumor mass resection was a successful treatment for this kind of clinicopathological entity.
Qiu
Yong
Y
Spine Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China. scoliosis2002@sina.com
Wang
Shoufeng
S
Wang
Bin
B
Zhu
Feng
F
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*