title: Adolescent thoracolumbar scoliosis secondary to ganglioneuroma: a two case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China. scoliosis2002@sina.com
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Shoufeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: 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*