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http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2009.45.5.309

Cervical Osteochondroma Presenting as Brown-Sequard Syndrome in a Child with Hereditary Multiple Exostosis  

Han, In-Ho (Department of Neurosurgery, Gangnam Severance Spine Hospital, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kuh, Sung-Uk (Department of Neurosurgery, Gangnam Severance Spine Hospital, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.45, no.5, 2009 , pp. 309-311 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cervical cord compression due to osteochondroma in hereditary multiple exostosis (HME) is a rare condition, especially in young children. In this report, we discuss a rare case of cervical osteochondroma presenting as Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) in a 7-year-old boy with HME. The child was admitted because of hemiparesis involving the right limbs and hypoesthesia on the left side following mild trauma. MR image revealed cord compression by osteochondroma of the C7 lamina. We removed the osteocondroma and the neurological deficit was improved.
Keywords
Osteochondroma; Hereditary multiple exostosis; Brown-Sequard syndrome;
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