Pathology of the spinal cord damaged by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament associated with spinal cord injury.
A 63-year-old male became quadriplegic after spinal injury associated with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine and died 4 years later. A postmortem examination of the cervical spinal cord showed various unfavorable pathological changes accounting for severe myelopathy.
Mizuno
J
J
Department of Neurological Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi-gun, Japan.
Nakagawa
H
H
Hashizume
Y
Y
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001344:Autopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy