title: Pathology of the spinal cord damaged by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament associated with spinal cord injury.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi-gun, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashizume
mesh_terms: 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