title: [Inicidental finding: patient with cervical spine trauma].
abstract: An ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, often presenting asymptomatically, can cause a symptomatic myelopathy after trauma. Keeping this entity in mind in daily clinical routine will help in making the correct diagnosis and in administering the corresponding therapy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsspital Basel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abächerli
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niemann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D033162:Incidental Findings; D017846:Longitudinal Ligaments / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed