title: Symptomatic calcification and ossification of the cervical ligamentum flavum: clinical, radiological and pathological features.
abstract: Four surgical cases of symptomatic calcification or ossification of the cervical ligamentum flavum are reported. Both of these conditions occurred in the lower cervical spine of older women, and are best demonstrated on axial computerized tomography (CT) scan. All of our patients showed marked improvement after surgical decompression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabuto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed