Calcification of the cervical ligamentum flavum - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 234-238

  Yamagami, Tatsuhito ^a   Kawano, Nobuyuki ^b   Nakano, Hiromi ^a  

^a Kyoto Kizugawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition; Cervical cord; Ligamentum flavum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034009820     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.234     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Akino M, Abe H, Iwasaki Y, Hokin K, Tsuru M, Koiwa M, Saito H: [A case of cervical myelopathy due to calcified mass in the cervical yellow ligament]. No Shinkei Geka 11: 173-178, 1983 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
2. Baba H, Maesawa Y, Nakamura T, Tomida K: [Calcification of the cervical yellow ligament; report of two cases]. Seikei Saigaigeka 32: 729-736, 1989 (Jpn)
3. Berghausen EJ, Balogh K, Landis WJ, Lee DD, Wright AM: Cervical myelopathy attributable to pseudogout. Clin Orthop 214: 217-221, 1987
4. Ciricillo SF, Weinstein PR: Foramen magnum syndrome from pseudogout of the atlanto-occipital ligament. Case report. J Neurosurg 71: 141-143, 1989
5. Ellman MH, Vazquez T, Ferguson L: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition in ligamentum flavum. Arthritis Rheum 21: 611-613, 1978
6. Fujiwara M, Bitoh S, Hasegawa H, Nakata M, Hata H: [A case of nodular calcification of the ligamentum flavum with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine]. No Shinkei Geka 10: 769-774, 1982 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
7. Gomez H, Chou SM: Myeloradiculopathy secondary to pseudogout in the cervical ligamentum flavum: Case report. Neurosurgery 25: 298-302, 1989
8. Haraguchi K, Yamaki T, Kurokawa Y, Ohtaki M, Ibayashi Y, Uede T, Tanabe S, Hashi K: [A case of calcification of the cervical ligamentum flavum]. No Shinkei Geka 24: 69-73, 1996 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
9. Hirano H, Nakanishi K, Mimatsu K, Sakakibara T, Kasai T, Inoue K, Muramatsu A, Kawamura M, Harada A, Sakai T, Furukawa T: [Myelopathy due to calcium deposits in the cervical ligamenta flava -Report of two cases]. Chubu Nippon Seikeigeka Saigaigeka Gakkai Zasshi 28: 447-449, 1985 (Jpn)
10. Igari T, Miura Y: Zervikale Radikulomyelopathie infolge Verkalkung des Lig. flavum. Z Orthop 119: 739, 1981
11. Iwasaki Y, Akino M, Abe H, Tsuru M, Tashiro K, Miyasaka K, Kaneda K, Isu T, Ito T: Calcification of the ligamentum flavum of the cervical spine. Report of four cases. J Neurosurg 59: 531-534, 1983
12. Jyotoku Z, Harada H: [A case of cervical myelopathy due to calcification of the ligamentum flavum]. Rinsho Seikei Geka 15: 708-712, 1980 (Jpn)
13. Kawano N, Matsuno T, Miyazawa S, Iida H, Yada K, Kobayashi N, Iwasaki Y: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease in the cervical ligamentum flavum. J Neurosurg 68: 613-620, 1988
14. Kawano N, Matsuno T, Miyazawa S, Uchiyama H, Ohtaka H, Mii K, Tachibana S: [New knowledge on the calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease in the cervical ligamentum flavum]. No Shinkei Geka 15: 181-190, 1987 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
15. Kawano N, Yoshida S, Ohwada T, Yada K, Sasaki K, Matsuno T: Cervical radiculomyelopathy caused by deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in the ligamenta flava. Case report. J Neurosurg 52: 279-283, 1980
16. Koyama S, Nishimura T, Kubokura T, Sannoh N, Tsubone K: [A case with myelopathy by calcified nodules of cervical ligamentum flavum]. No Shinkei Geka 16: 1179-1185, 1988 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
17. McCarty DJ, Kohn NN, Faires JS: The significance of calcium phosphate crystals in the synovial fluid of arthritic patients: The "pseudogout syndrome." I. Clinical aspects. Ann Intern Med 56: 711-737, 1962
18. Nagashima C, Takahama M, Shibata T, Nakamura H, Morita H, Kubo K, Saka M: [CPPD (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate) crystal deposition in the ligamenta flava producing cervical myelopathy; with special reference to scanning electron microscopic and x-ray microanalytic studies]. Saitama Ika Daigaku Zasshi 8: 33-45, 1981 (Jpn)
19. Nagashima C, Takahama M, Shibata T, Nakamura H, Okada K, Morita H, Kubo H: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposits in the cervical ligamenta flava causing myeloradiculopathy. J Neurosurg 60: 69-80, 1984
20. Nakajima K, Miyaoka M, Sumie H, Nakazato T, Ishii S: Cervical radiculomyelopathy due to calcification of the ligamenta flava. Surg Neurol 21: 479-488, 1984
21. Ogata M, Ishikawa K, Ohira T: Cervical myelopathy in pseudogout. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 66: 1301-1303, 1984
22. Oka S: Scanning electron microscopic observation of ossification and calcification of the ligamentum flavum. Nippon Geka Hokan 51: 671-694, 1982
23. Salcman M, Khan A, Symonds DA: Calcium pyrophosphate arthropathy of the spine: Case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 34: 915-918, 1994
24. Sushil P, Anant K: Ossified-calcified ligamentum flavum causing dorsal cord compression with computed tomography - magnetic resonance imaging features. Surg Neurol 41: 441-442, 1994
25. Takahashi K, Murakami Y, Ohta K: [Cervical myelopathy due to the calcification of the yellow ligament]. Sekitsui Sekizui Journal 4: 421-427, 1991 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
26. Takayama S, Kuribayashi K, Miyamoto Y, Nakasu Y, Handa J: [Ossification and calcification of the cervical ligamentum flavum. Case reports]. No To Shinkei 45: 859-863, 1993 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
27. Tsuji T, Hayashi M, Kawano H, Handa Y, Hirose S, Miyazaki S, Noguchi Y, Shirasaki N: [Narrow cervical canal due to calcification of the ligamentum flavum and disc protrusion. A case report]. CT Kenkyu 7: 316-319, 1985 (Jpn, with Eng abstract)
28. Zuenkeler B, Schelper R, Menezes AH: Periodontoid calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease: "pseudogout" mass lesions of the craniocervical junction. J Neurosurg 85: 803-809, 1996