Thoracic myelopathy caused by calcified ligamentum flavum

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 504-505

  Giulioni, Marco ^a   Zucchelli, Mino ^a   Damiani, Stefania ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcified ligamentum flavum; Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease; Spinal cord compression; Thoracic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 35348832906     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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