title: [Rare causes of ossification of the posterior common vertebral ligament causing cervical compression. Apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: The ossification of the posterior longitudinal is always responsible of cervical myelopathy. Radiological study and the CT scan, are able to precise the level, the morphologic and associated abnormalities of this lesion. Two cases of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligamentum with cervical myelopathy are reported. The radiologic studies determined the etiology, in the first case, it was fluorosis and the second DISH disease.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Tunis.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaabane
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khedher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouhaouala
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robbana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamza
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005458:Fluoride Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Causes rares de l'ossification du ligament vertébral commun postérieur responsable de compression cervicale. A propos de 2 observations.