Kyphoscoliosis

Kyphoscoliosis
Julia Crim, MD
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Common
  • Traumatic
    • Burst Thoracolumbar Fracture
    • Lateral Compression Fracture, Lumbar
    • Lateral Compression Fracture, Thoracic
    • Lateral Flexion Injury, Cervical
    • Chance Fracture, Thoracic
  • Congenital
    • Congenital Scoliosis and Kyphosis
    • Failure of Vertebral Formation
    • Klippel-Feil Spectrum
    • Partial Vertebral Duplication
    • Tethered Spinal Cord
    • Caudal Regression Syndrome
  • Idiopathic Scoliosis,
  • Scheuermann Disease
  • Neuromuscular Scoliosis
  • Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Idiopathic Kyphosis
  • Kyphosis Normal in Infants
Less Common
  • Infection
    • Pyogenic Osteomyelitis
    • Granulomatous Osteomyelitis
    • Prevertebral Abscess
    • Postoperative Infection
  • Tumor
    • Osteoid Osteoma
    • Osteoblastoma
    • Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
    • Ewing Sarcoma
    • Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
  • Syringomyelia
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1
  • Connective Tissue Disorders
  • Postoperative Spinal Complications
  • Diastematomyelia
Rare but Important
  • Post-Radiation
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Key Differential Diagnosis Issues
  • MR may be useful in certain cases
    • Painful scoliosis: Tumor, infection
    • Atypical curve: Often have underlying bony or neural abnormalities
    • Congenital scoliosis: Assess full extent of bony abnormalities
  • CT useful to characterize congenital scoliosis
Aug 10, 2016 | Posted by in PEDIATRICS | Comments Off on Kyphoscoliosis

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