[Case study of two children with intervertebral disc calcifications].
Disc calcifications are usually revealed in children by pain crises that affect the spine. The most common location for disc calcifications is the cervical spine. However, other locations are less symptomatic and they may well go unnoticed. We here report two cases of children hospitalized with symptomatic cervical disc calcifications. The first case involves a girl aged four and a half suffering from torticollis revealing the migration of a previously asymptomatic disc calcification ; the second case, instead, involves a 5-year old boy presenting for acute neck pain and in whom calcification disc was detected. Treatment was essentially conservative. Intervertebral disc calcifications in children are a rare condition whose etiopathogenesis remains unknown. In the case of children with unexplained back pain the diagnosis should not be made without careful neurological examination and imaging tests.
Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Eitel Igor
EI
Kouamo
Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Merouane
M
Nour
Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Jean Marie
JM
Gennar
Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Jean Marc
JM
Guillaume
Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Elie
E
Choufani
Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Thierry
T
Merrot
Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Jean Pierre
JP
Alessandrni
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Kathia
K
Chaumoitre
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys, 13015 Marseille, France.
Michel
M
Panuel
Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Lens, 99 route de la Bassée 62300 Lens, France.
Namane
N
Doumbouya
Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Lens, 99 route de la Bassée 62300 Lens, France.
Patrice
P
Guemaleu
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology
Intervertebral disc calcifications; child; torticollis