Thoracic myelopathy due to isolated ossification of the ligamentum flavum.
We report a 72-year-old patient with thoracic myelopathy due to isolated ossification of the ligamentum flavum at T9-T10. Severe paraparesis had developed before the lesion was identified when thinning of a segment of the lower thoracic spinal cord was suspected on a second MRI examination. The diagnosis was then established by CT.
Shiraishi
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Cromwell Hospital, London, England, UK.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D017843:Ligamentum Flavum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography