Torticollis in an 8-year-old child due to Grisel's syndrome - A case report.

Background: Grisel's syndrome is a nontraumatic atlantoaxial subluxation resulting from an ongoing local inflammatory process.

Case Description: An 8-year-old male presented to the emergency department with neck pain which was sudden in onset without any history of any significant fall or trauma. On physical examination, the patient had torticollis with a head tilt to the left side and the chin rotated to the right.

Correlation of pelvic incidence and pelvic parameters in lumbar spondylolisthesis.

Background: Pelvic incidence (PI) and pelvic parameters (PP) regulate the sagittal alignment of the spine and the pelvis in normal populations. Correlation of PI even more so than PP with lumbar spondylolisthesis (LS) would be useful for surgical planning.

Methods: This study included 45 patients randomly selected with LS.

Isolated costotransverse joint tuberculosis - A rare location for tubercular arthritis.

Background: Posterior element involvement of the spine with tuberculosis (TB) is very uncommon.

Case Description: A 25-year-old immunocompetent female presented with dull mid-back ache and tenderness over the inferior angle of the left scapula and left 7 costovertebral junction. The MRI showed erosion and enhancing soft tissue in the periarticular region of the left 7 costotransverse joint.

Contiguous Three-Level Vertebral Collapse in Thoracic Spine: A Novel Presentation of Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis in 12 years old and Review of Literature.

Introduction: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare autoimmune disorder of childhood and adolescence which often manifests as recurring episodes of inflammatory bone pains. Spinal involvement is rare; however, recent studies advocate full body magnetic resonance imaging in all suspected cases to pick up asymptomatic lesions early to prevent complications. Spinal involvement may manifest as fractures, scoliosis, or kyphotic deformity.

Lateral lumbar interbody fusion in adult spine deformity - A review of literature.

Introduction: Surgery for adult spine deformity presents a challenging issue for spinal surgeons with high morbidity rates reported in the literature. The minimally invasive lateral approach aims at reducing these complications while maintaining similar outcomes as associated with open spinal surgeries. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on the use of lateral lumbar interbody fusion in the cases of adult spinal deformity.

Van Neck-Odelberg Disease: A Rare Case Report.

Introduction: Pain in groin without any history of trauma or positive clinical findings of infection or stress fracture in ischiopubic ramus poses challenges in diagnosis of the condition in prepubertal age. "Osteochondrosis of ischiopubic synchondrosis (IPS)" also called as "Van Neck-Odelberg" disease. Left leg dominant patient presented with pain in groin and limping with left leg dominance.