CERVICAL MYELOPATHY DUE TO CALCIFICATION OF THE LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 58 (3) , 247-249
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb01046.x
Abstract
An elderly Caucasian woman presented with a cervical rnyelopathy due to cervical spinal cord compression posteriorly by calcified ligamentum flavum and anteriorly by cervical osteophytic bars. Although recognized in the Japanese population, calcification of the ligamenturn flavum as a cause of cervical myelopathy is very rare in Caucasians, with only one case previously reported.Keywords
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