Cervical Disc Calcification in Children

Wong, CM; Pereira, Bruna Karla; Pho, R. W. H.

doi:10.1097/00007632-199202000-00004

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“…Coordinate with previous reports [16, 39–42], narrowing of the involved intervertebral space, flatting and wedging of adjacent vertebral body were observed in the current case at 9-year follow-up. IDC with OPLL in children seemed benign and self-limiting.…”

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Calcification of the intervertebral disc and ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in children

Chen

et al. 2018

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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BackgroundIDC in children, first reported by Baron in 1924, is very rare. OPLL of the cervical spine mainly affect people ages 50–70 years. The coexistence of IDC and OPLL in children is very rare, only six cases with 3 to 24 months’ follow-up were reported to date.Case presentationA 6-year-old boy presented with complains of neck pain at July 2007. The boy was treated by conservative treatment and observed up for 9 years. Neck pain greatly improved after a one-month conservative treatment and never recur. Laboratory tests revealed elevated ESR and CRP at admission and found nothing abnormal at 19-month and 9-year follow-up. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed IDC at C2/3, C3/4 and OPLL at C3/4 at admission and found minor calcification at C2/3 remained but calcification at C3/4 and OPLL at C3/4 completely disappeared at 19-month and 9-year follow-up. Nineteen months after initial diagnosis, restoration of T2-weighted signal intensity of C2/3 and C3/4 discs was observed through MRI. Loss of T2-weighted signal intensity of C2/3 disc and decrease of T2-weighted signal intensity of C3/4 disc was observed at 9-year follow-up.ConclusionsIDC with OPLL in children is very rare. Conservative treatments are recommended with affirmative short-term and long-term clinical effects. More intensive observation with long-term follow-ups may be needed to warrant the clinical effects.

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Calcification of the intervertebral disc and ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in children

Chen

et al. 2018

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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“…Eight children and one adult have needed operation [4, 5, 10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23] and they all had disc protrusions. Although the prognosis ~s excellent, persisting minor radiographic abnormalities have been reported [6,11,25], and a longer follow up is needed to find out whether these might result in degenerative changes.…”

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Intervertebral disc calcification in childhood

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Huguet

Salvador

et al. 1995

International Orthopaedics

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Nine children with calcified intervertebral discs are described. Seven were boys and 2 were girls. The average age at diagnosis was 8.6 years (range 5 to 14 years). Follow up was from 2 to 10 years. Only one child gave a history of trauma. In all twelve discs were involved with more than one disc being affected in 2 children; there were 7 in the cervical spine, 4 in the thoracic and one in the lumbar spine. Every child with cervical calcification had an acute onset with pain and limited movement, and disappeared during the following months. The calcified discs in the thoracic and lumbar regions did not cause symptoms and did not change. Calcification of cervical discs is self-limiting and has an excellent prognosis.

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