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Here, we report about a male patient with Gorham's disease who developed local kyphosis and neurological disorders due to massive osteolysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 13-year-old male patient presented with progressive kyphosis and massive osteolysis of the thoracic vertebrae. Halo-pelvic traction and vertebral column resection osteotomy were performed to reconstruct the spine and prevent disease progression. The entire lesion was resected, and an artificial vertebra filled with allograft bone was used to achieve temporary stability. Although the patient presented with chylothorax following surgery, which required thoracic drainage, the patient did achieve a satisfying outcome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Limited by the number of GSS cases with spinal involvement and chylothorax manifestations, halo-pelvic distraction as a preoperative preparation and vertebral column resection osteotomy provide a novel avenue for managing this disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2022.981025","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,8]],"date-time":"2022-08-08T06:16:58Z","timestamp":1659939418000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Surgical treatment of severe thoracic kyphosis and neurological deficit in a patient with Gorham\u2013Stout syndrome: A case report and literature review"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Hanwen","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chaofan","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daming","family":"Pang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hai","family":"Yong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jincai","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peng","family":"Yin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lijin","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","first-page":"368","article-title":"A boneless arm","volume":"18","author":"Jackson","year":"2022","journal-title":"Boston Med Surf"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"985","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-195537050-00008","article-title":"Massive osteolysis (acute spontaneous absorption of bone, phantom bone, disappearing bone)","volume":"37","author":"Gorham","year":"1955","journal-title":"J Bone Jt Surg"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"88","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.67B1.3968152","article-title":"The syndrome of idiopathic osteolysis. 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