title: Cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
abstract: A case of cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament is presented. This disease is rather frequent among Japanese, but rare among non-Mongolian persons. To our knowledge, this is the first published Belgian patient with a myelopathy. The clinical and radiographic data are discussed together with a review of the literature.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed