Radiculopathy in spondylosis/spondylolisthesis. The laminar/ligamentum flavum process.
Based upon an anthropologic and clinical material a specific bone formation, the ligamentum flavum process (LLFP), is described. The process is present in up to 87 per cent at a lytic site and appears to be the cause of root compression in 68 per cent of the patients with such a skeletal abnormality. LLFP is appreciated in axial CT and should be considered in planning possible surgical intervention.
Stears
J C
JC
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver.
D002356:Cartilage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology