Ossification of ligamentum flavum related to thoracic kyphosis after tuberculosis: Case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Yu ^a   Lu, Xu Hua ^a   Yang, Li Li ^a   Chen, De Yu ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kyphosis; Ossification of ligamentum flavum; Spinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; DISEASE COURSE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 61749097501     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318189594f     Document Type: Article

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