Compression of the Cauda Equina due to a Necrobiotic Granuloma of Ligamentum Flavum

1 February 1975

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Vol. 2 (2) , 135-138
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0317167100020126

Abstract

SUMMARY: A 56 year old woman developed symptoms of lumbar nerve root compression caused by a granuloma arising in the ligamentum flavum. The histological features of the lesion are discussed and the clinical and radiological findings of the patient are described.

Keywords

GRANULOMA ARISING
LUMBAR NERVE
FLAVUM SUMMARY
NERVE ROOT
OLD WOMAN
WOMAN DEVELOPED
EQUINA DUE
NECROBIOTIC GRANULOMA
ROOT COMPRESSION
RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS

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