Ossified-calcified ligamentum flavum causing dorsal cord compression with computed tomography-magnetic resonance imaging features.
Dorsal cord compression secondary to ossification or calcification of the ligamentum flavum is a rare entity. The computed tomography--magnetic resonance imaging features and clinical presentation of a patient recently treated successfully by us is reported.
Sushil
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Department of Neurosurgery, L.T.M. Medical College, Sion Hospital, Bombay, India.
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017843:Ligamentum Flavum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed