Presentation
Investigation of unspecified congenital scoliosis.
Patient Data
Age: 45 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Focal upper thoracic scoliosis
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Short-segment structured congenital focal convex scoliosis. Moreover, there is an unevenness in the left iliac crest and an increase in the Cobb angle.
Case Discussion
Chronic spinal deformities that occur with scoliosis may have a congenital (segmentation abnormalities, connective tissue disorders, skeletal dysplasias) or acquired origin, and possible differential diagnoses must be considered, such as: neuromuscular (Chiari malformations, muscular dystrophies, syringomyelia, spinal dysraphism), tumor (osteoblastoma, metastases, neurofibroma) and infectious (pyogenic osteomyelitis, tuberculous spondylitis) causes.
Contributed by Dr. Hemilianna Hadassa Silva Matozinho M.D.