Cervical spine abnormalities in neurofibromatosis
Yong-Hing, K.; Kalamchi, A.; MacEwen, G.D.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 61(5): 695-699
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355 PMID: 110814 Document Number: 149852
Fifty-six patients with neurofibromatosis were examined for abnormalities of the cervical spine and seventeen of them had demonstrated lesions there. Of the thirty-four patients who had scoliosis or kyphoscoliosis, fifteen (44 per cent) had cervical lesions. Many of the patients with those lesions were asymptomatic. To avoid the complications attributable to the cervical spine, we recommend roentgenographic examination in all neurofibromatosis patients who are about to have general anesthesia or skull traction for treatment of scoliosis.