title: [Posterior longitudinal ligament ossification: case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Hospital Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. detella@globo.com
authors.forename: Oswaldo Inácio de
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Tella
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Herculano
authors.forename: Manoel Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Paiva Neto
authors.forename: Atílio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faedo Neto
authors.forename: João Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Crosera
mesh_terms: 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