Astrocitoma de bajo grado de canal medular asociado a escoliosis

Abstract

We present the clinical case of a male patient with a diagnosis of low-grade intramedullary
astrocytoma from T5 to T7. It was removed by Neurosurgery without instrumentation or
fusion. He presented as complication paraplegia and loss of sphincter control. Later, he
developed a scoliosis from T2 to L2. Initially, he is treated with a Boston corset for control
scoliosis curve progression. Posterior to a long- term follow up, we decided to manage
this case with multiple osteotomies, posterior instrumentation and fusion. The patient
at the moment is a tennis player without tumor recurrence. He has the same segment
posterior correction of scoliosis with good evolution. The follow-up has been carried out
for 9 years.