Spontaneous recovery of postsurgical progressive cervical spine kyphosis following intramedullary spinal cord tumor resection in a 4-year-old boy: illustrative case.

Eve Michaud, Rakan Bokhari, Christine Saint-Martin, Neil Saran, Roy W R Dudley

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Eve MichaudDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Rakan BokhariDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Christine Saint-MartinDivision of Pediatric Medical Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Neil SaranDivision of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Roy W R DudleyDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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backgroundPostsurgical kyphosis is relatively common in children who have undergone resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors. Progressive kyphosis almost always requires instrumentation and fusion surgery, which can delay or interfere with adjuvant oncological treatments and can deleteriously impact the long-term performance status of the patient. OBSERVATIONS: Here, the authors report a case of near-complete spontaneous recovery (i.e., without spinal fusion surgery) of postsurgical progressive cervical spine kyphosis following intramedullary spinal cord tumor resection and discuss the potential factors that may have contributed to this positive outcome. LESSONS: This case serves as a reminder that spontaneous recovery from postsurgical progressive cervical spine kyphosis can occur and that some patients (i.e., those without neurological deficits) can be monitored closely, with a watch-and-wait approach, before subjecting them to additional surgical risks, delays in other treatments, and potential morbidity. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE24187.

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intramedullary spinal cord tumorkyphosislaminectomylaminotomyspontaneous recovery

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PMID39467320

DOI10.3171/CASE24187

PMCPMC11525755

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