title: Case report: ossification of the thoracic ligamenta flava in a Caucasian: a rare cause of myelopathy.
abstract: Ossification of the ligamenta flava is rare and has been described almost exclusively in Japanese people. We present a case in which ossification of the thoracic ligamenta flava caused compressive myelopathy in a Caucasian.
authors.affiliation: Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Smethwick, Warley, West Midlands, UK.
authors.forename: Q W
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Arafat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jackowski
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Chavda
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017843:Ligamentum Flavum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed