[Posterior longitudinal ligament ossification: case report].
Posterior longitudinal ligament ossification of cervical spine is a rare condition among caucasians. A 42 years old japanese patient with progressive walking difficulty was diagnosed with this pathology by CT scan and MRI and treated surgically by an anterior approach with arthrodesis. Pathophysiology, racial prevalence, clinical picture, radiological characteristics and surgical approaches options are revised.
Tella
Oswaldo Inácio de
OI
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Hospital Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. detella@globo.com
Herculano
Marco Antonio
MA
Paiva Neto
Manoel Antonio
MA
Faedo Neto
Atílio
A
Crosera
João Francisco
JF
D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed