Spinal cord compression caused by unusual location and extension of ossified ligamenta flava in a Caucasian male: A case report and literature review

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 486-488

  Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a   Herpers, Marcel J ^a   De Kruijk, Jelle R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ligamentum flavum; Ossification; Thoracic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033104648     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199903010-00019     Document Type: Article

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