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Ossification of the ligamentum flavum

✍ Scribed by H. Enomoto; N. Kuwayama; T. Katsumata; T. Doi

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 968 KB
Volume: 30
Category: Article
ISSN: 0028-3940
DOI: 10.1007/bf00339704

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✦ Synopsis

A case of thoracic myelopathy due to ossification of the ligamentum flavum is presented. A fifty-five year old female complained of sensory and motor disturbance of lower limbs. Neuroradiologically, in addition to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament throughout the spines, ossified ligamenta flava were found at the Th10-11 level and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clearly showed the spinal cord compressed at the same level by a low-intensity-signal lesion. Laminectomy and removal of the ossfied ligamenta flava improved her neurological dysfunction. The usefulness of the MRI in the neuroradiological diagnosis was confirmed.

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