Spinal XXXX : report of three cases.

@entity1 @entity3570 @entity362 @entity1269 @entity1514 @entity6356 @entity2586
STUDY DESIGN: Case report. OBJECTIVE: To report three cases of spinal @entity362 seen in the last 10 years and present the clinical characteristics and surgical outcome of these cases. METHOD: Two @entity1 were @entity1 aged 12 years and 7 months, respectively. The other was a female @entity1 aged 6 months. Chief complaints were @entity1269 , back swelling and @entity1514 . All @entity1 were diagnosed with magnetic resonance images. The lesion was located in the cervico-thoracic spine (foramen magnum to T1) in one case, thoracic spine (T9-T12) with the back swelling at @entity2586 level in the second, and in the third, one mass extended from C6 to T11 and the other mass was located in the @entity6356 level, separately. RESULT: All masses were removed subtotally and @entity3570 was absent. Postoperatively, neurological status of the first and the second @entity1 were unchanged, but in the third case weakness was transiently aggravated. CONCLUSION: @entity362 is a rare spinal lesion and multiple @entity362 is extremely rare. Treatment principle is surgical decompression before symptom progression. Laminoplastic laminotomy is an appropriate approach for decompression of an @entity362 .
