title: Femoral neuropathy secondary to ossification of the ligamentum flavum.
abstract: Radiculopathy resulting from ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is extremely rare and concerns only intercostal neuralgias. We describe a 37-year-old Caucasian woman with a lumbar radiculopathy revealing an OLF. Her symptoms were completely and definitively relieved by surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Jean Bernard Hospital, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Debiais
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bataille
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Debiais
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Azais
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bontoux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alcalay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017843:Ligamentum Flavum; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed