Figure 6.

Girl with intramedullary glioma WHO I° from T8 to L3, which was initially diagnosed at age two and partially removed using laminoplasty. At age 12, the patient had mild scoliosis and hyperkyphosis as well as severe lordosis (a,b). At age 14, deformity had progressed to 53° scoliosis, 60° kyphosis and 97° lordosis (c,d). Brace therapy did not correct the deformity sufficiently (e,f). Clinical presentation (g–j) reveals hip flexion contractures and enhanced lumbar lordosis. The patient needed trunk motion for walking due to a neurological impairment after treatment.