Table 3. Roentgenographic features of the spinal deformity when GSS was diagnosed.
Case | Scoliosis | Kyphosis | |||||||||||
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Shape | Convexity | Span [No.] | Type | Apex | Degree (°) | Coronal balance (mm) | Span [No.] | Shape | Apex | Degree (°) | Sagittal balance (mm) | ||
1 | C-shape | L | T3–T12 [10] | Thoracic | T8 | 72 | 10 | T4–T10 [7] | Angular | T8 | 158 | 82 | |
2 | C-shape | R | T10–L2 [5] | Thoracolumbar | T12 | 21 | 1 | T9–L1 [5] | Angular | T11 | 50 | 40 | |
3 | S-shape | L/R | T1–T6/T6–L3 [15] | Thoracic/thoracolumbar | T3–4 disc/T11–12 disc | 72/57 | 21 | T2–T8 [7] | Angular | T4 | 98 | 47 | |
4 | S-shape | R/L | T4–T8/T8–L2 [11] | Thoracic/thoracolumbar | T5/T11 | 61/40 | 7 | T7–L1 [7]* | Regular* | T10* | 106* | −13* | |
5 | C-shape | L | T1–T6 [6] | Thoracic | T4 | 34 | 5 | T2–T7 [6] | Angular | T4 | 100 | −19 | |
6 | S-shape | L/R | T11–L1/L1–L4 [6] | Thoracolumbar/lumbar | T12/L2–3 disc | 48/60 | 8 | T10–L4 [7] | Regular | L2 | 30 | 14 | |
7 | C-shape | R | T7–T12 [6] | Thoracic | T10 | 22 | 4 | T5–T12 [8] | Regular | T8 | 94 | 16 | |
8 | S-shape | R/L | T10–L1/L1–L4 [7] | Thoracolumbar/lumbar | T11/L2–3 disc | 18/35 | 9 | T10–L2 [5] | Regular | L1 | 34 | −17 | |
9 | C-shape | L | T6–T10 [5] | Thoracic | T7–8 disc | 19 | 27 | T4–T10 [7] | Angular | T7 | 88 | 24 | |
10 | C-shape | R | C7–T5 [6] | Cervicothoracic | T3 | 49 | 10 | C7–T4 [5] | Angular | T3 | 53 | 54 | |
11 | C-shape | L | T9–L3 [7] | Thoracolumbar | L1 | 38 | 3 | T10–L3 [6] | Regular | T12 | 41 | −11 |
*, no kyphosis was found when GD was definite diagnosed. However, a severe thoracic kyphosis was developed 7 years’ later; balance “−”, the C7 plumb line drops behind the posterosuperior corner of S1; L, left; R, right. GSS, Gorham-Stout syndrome.