title: Unusual CT/MR features of putative ligamentum flavum ossification in a North African woman.
abstract: To display the unusual spinal CT and MR findings in a 48-year-old North African woman presenting with two adjacent intracanalar mineralized epidural outgrowths exhibiting mature bone organization with "cortical" and "trabecular" areas and pseudoarthritic changes at their interface. An unusual form of ligamentum flavum ossification (LFO) was speculated, of which features are discussed under the light of the available literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Saint-Luc Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jaffan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abu-Serieh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Duprez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cosnard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raftopoulos
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017843:Ligamentum Flavum / Q000473:pathology*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed