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Preoperative MRI shows cervico-bulbar ependymoma.
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A 35 years old woman underwent surgical removal of a cervical-bulbar ependymoma in October 2008 (Fig. 1).
Postoperative MRI that shows kyphosis developed five months after surgical procedure.
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Five months after surgery, the patient developed a kypothic posture, with intense neck and scapular girdle pain (Fig. 2).
(A) Standard, (B) flexo-estension and (C) supine cervical XR that shows the severe kyphosis (Cervical Spine Angle = 52.5 ).
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Spine Angle = 52.5 ), centred on C3 and C4 (Fig. 3). Spinal cord compression was showed by CT (Fig. 4) and MRI on C3-C4 and C4-C5.
Cervical CT shows spinal cord compression C3-C4 and C4-C5.
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Spine Angle = 52.5 ), centred on C3 and C4 (Fig. 3). Spinal cord compression was showed by CT (Fig. 4) and MRI on C3-C4 and C4-C5.
Preoperative and postoperative XR that shows reduction of the kyphosis.
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Postoperative XR (Fig. 5) and CT showed good reduction of the kyphosis (Fig. 6).
XR at (A) 3 and (B) 6 months after surgery (Cervical Spine Angle 8.4 ).
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The 3 and 6 (Fig. 7) months after surgery controls were good too (Cervical Spine Angle 8.4 ).