TREATMENT OF A PATIENT WITH MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSES TYPE II (HUNTER SYNDROME) COMPLICATED BY CRANIOVERTEBRAL SPINAL CANAL STENOSIS

Abstract

Formation of spinal canal stenosis at T12-L1 level, rarely at the level of craniovertebral junction, is a typical spinal disorder in different types of mucopolysaccharidoses that is a serious complication due to tetraparesis and tetraplegia development. Clinical, roentgenologic and therapeutic aspects of the mucopolysaccharidoses type II course in a 23 months old boy as well as the results of two-step surgical treatment for the cervical spine stabilization and elimination of spinal canal stenosis at the level of craniovertebral junction are presented.