title: Myelopathy in a 6-year-old girl caused by neurofibromatosis Type 1: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Even when there is radiological evidence of spinal involvement, young patients with neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) seldom have symptoms. We report the case of a child who developed rapidly progressive myelopathy.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a technique used to prevent postoperative spinal deformity and instability, after removal of a dumbbell-shaped tumor in a 6-year-old child.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 6-year-old female.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient underwent a resection of the cervical dumbbell tumor using an osteoplastic laminectomy technique to prevent postoperative spinal deformity. At 2-year follow-up, there was no clinical or radiographic evidence of complications or spinal kyphotic deformity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The case of a 6-year-old girl with cervical myelopathy caused by NF-1 was reported. The tumor was removed after osteoplastic laminectomy, which could prevent postoperative kyphotic deformity.
authors: Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Tonogai
authors: Toshinori
authors: T
authors: Sakai
authors: Shinsuke
authors: S
authors: Katoh
authors: Kosaku
authors: K
authors: Higashino
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Sairyo
authors: Nori
authors: N
authors: Hirohashi
authors: Natsuo
authors: N
authors: Yasui
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology