Proximal Adjacent Segment Disease Manifesting as Retroodontoid Pseudotumor After Fusion to C2.


Journal

World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2020
Historique:
received: 08 09 2019
revised: 20 09 2019
accepted: 21 09 2019
pubmed: 1 10 2019
medline: 25 1 2020
entrez: 1 10 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Although adjacent segment disease (ASD) following anterior cervical fusion has been well described in the literature, there is relative paucity of data on this pathology after posterior cervical fusion. To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of proximal ASD following posterior fusion to C2. We present 2 cases of proximal ASD presenting as retroodontoid pseudotumors following posterior fusion to C2, both in middle-aged females without history of rheumatologic disease. The first occurred in a patient with Klippel-Feil deformity 13 years after C2-6 posterior cervical fusion, the second in a patient 3 and a half years following revisional circumferential C2-T2 fusion. Both were successfully treated with proximal extension of laminectomy and fusion to the occiput, supplemented in the first patient by transdural decompression of retroodontoid mass. Proximal ASD can manifest as retroodontoid pseudotumor at variable time intervals following posterior fusion to C2. Clinicians must account for this possibility in their decision making.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Although adjacent segment disease (ASD) following anterior cervical fusion has been well described in the literature, there is relative paucity of data on this pathology after posterior cervical fusion. To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of proximal ASD following posterior fusion to C2.
CASE DESCRIPTION METHODS
We present 2 cases of proximal ASD presenting as retroodontoid pseudotumors following posterior fusion to C2, both in middle-aged females without history of rheumatologic disease. The first occurred in a patient with Klippel-Feil deformity 13 years after C2-6 posterior cervical fusion, the second in a patient 3 and a half years following revisional circumferential C2-T2 fusion. Both were successfully treated with proximal extension of laminectomy and fusion to the occiput, supplemented in the first patient by transdural decompression of retroodontoid mass.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Proximal ASD can manifest as retroodontoid pseudotumor at variable time intervals following posterior fusion to C2. Clinicians must account for this possibility in their decision making.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31568901
pii: S1878-8750(19)32554-9
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.09.113
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

90-96

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Yingda Li (Y)

Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. Electronic address: dryingdali@gmail.com.

Allan Levi (A)

Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.

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