Cervical Fusion for Absent Pedicle Syndrome Manifesting with Myelopathy

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• 作者：C. Rory Goodwin¹ ; Atman Desai² ; Mohamed H. Khattab¹ ; Benjamin D. Elder¹ ; Ali Bydon¹ ; Jean-Paul Wolinsky¹ ; ^{jwolins2@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Absent pedicle syndrome ; Cervical fusion ; Congenital spondylosis ; Myelopathy ; Posterior arch defect ; Spine ; Surgery
• 刊名：World Neurosurgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：86
• 期：Complete
• 页码：515.e17-515.e22
• 全文大小：1846 K

文摘

Absent congenital pedicle syndrome is a posterior arch defect characterized by numerous congenital and mechanical abnormalities that result from disconnection of the anterior and posterior columns of the spinal canal. Absent congenital pedicle syndrome is a rare anomaly that is most commonly diagnosed incidentally, after evaluation of minor trauma, or after complaints of chronic neck pain. We report a case of absent congenital pedicle syndrome in a patient who presented with myelopathy and lower extremity weakness and review the literature on the surgical management of this entity.

Case Description

A 32-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus presented to the Neurosurgery Service with progressive weakness in her upper and lower extremities, clonus, and hyperreflexia. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed congenital absence of the pedicles of C2, C3, C4, C5, and C6 with a congenitally narrow canal at C4-5. The patient underwent a staged anterior and posterior cervical decompression and fusion. She was placed in a halo after surgery; at the 1-year follow-up, she was ambulatory with demonstrated improvement in weakness and fusion of her cervical spine.

Conclusions

Absent congenital pedicle syndrome is rare, and most reported cases were treated conservatively. Surgical management is reserved for patients with myelopathy or instability.