title: Ossified-calcified ligamentum flavum causing dorsal cord compression with computed tomography-magnetic resonance imaging features.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, L.T.M. Medical College, Sion Hospital, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sushil
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anant
mesh_terms: 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