Multiple hereditary osteochondromatosis with spinal cord compression: case report.

Objective: The purpose of the report is to describe a patient with hereditary osteochondromatosis and spinal cord compression at the thoracic level.

Clinical Features: An 8-year-old patient with hereditary osteochondromatosis inherited from his father presented paraparesis in the left foot, leading to complete paralysis in both legs.

Intervention: In a CT scan, a bony tumor rising from the posterior wall of the T3 body narrowing the spinal canal, and the MRI spinal cord compression at the same level and the hydrosyringomyelic cavity extended to the conus medullaris; with an anterior thoracic approach to T2-T4, the fibro-cartilaginous tumor was removed, and the stabilization was completed with bone graft and a plate.

[Surgery repair of aortic coarctation in infancy].

Objective: The study's purpose is to present our experience with surgical correction of aortic coarctation in infants, at short and medium term, particularly morbidity and mortality.

Method: This is a retrospective observational and descriptive trial. We included all infant patients undergoing surgical correction of AC.