{"title":"The loneliness of a long-distance runner. A ten-year survey of a patient diagnosed with Gorham-Stout syndrome at the occipitocervical junction.","authors":"Yurdal Gezercan, Ferhat Harman","doi":"10.1080/02688697.2021.1968342","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This case study presents a 47-year-old male who was diagnosed with Gorham-Stout syndrome (GSS) 10 years ago in the occipitocervical junction. The pathology caused the resorption of the suboccipital bone, clivus, foramen magnum, and C1-C3 laminae. After his first fusion attempt in 2010 using occipital plate-cervical lateral mass screws, he needed many revision surgeries either for the progression of the pathology or for instrumentation failure and wound healing problems. Eventually, a new occipital plate and cervical pedicle screws were applied to obtain the exact solution. The involvement of the craniovertebral junction in GSS may be challenging for spinal surgeons due to the inadequate bone reserve for stabilization. As lateral mass screws cannot provide a strong pull-out force, cervical pedicular screws may be used as the first choice for unstable cervical GSS cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2021.1968342","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/8/20 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This case study presents a 47-year-old male who was diagnosed with Gorham-Stout syndrome (GSS) 10 years ago in the occipitocervical junction. The pathology caused the resorption of the suboccipital bone, clivus, foramen magnum, and C1-C3 laminae. After his first fusion attempt in 2010 using occipital plate-cervical lateral mass screws, he needed many revision surgeries either for the progression of the pathology or for instrumentation failure and wound healing problems. Eventually, a new occipital plate and cervical pedicle screws were applied to obtain the exact solution. The involvement of the craniovertebral junction in GSS may be challenging for spinal surgeons due to the inadequate bone reserve for stabilization. As lateral mass screws cannot provide a strong pull-out force, cervical pedicular screws may be used as the first choice for unstable cervical GSS cases.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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