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Case
report
Thoracic compressive myelopathy due to post-traumatic intradural migration
of ossified yellow ligament: Case report
Nitin Dange M Ch, Amit Mahore M Ch, Atul Goel M Ch
Department
of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and
Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai-400012
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Abstract
Focal ossification of the ligament flavum (OLF) is a rare cause
of thoracic myelopathy. The lower thoracic spine is most frequently
affected. It is increasingly being recognized as a cause of myeloradiculopathy
with advent of computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging of spine. We report an instance of ossified ligamentum
flavum infiltrating and penetrating segmental dura as a result of
trauma causing compressive myelopathy in a middle-aged female.
Keywords
compressive myelopathy, decompression laminectomy, ligament ossification,
spinal cord compression, ossified yellow ligament, calcified ligamentum
flavum
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Address for correspondence:
Dr Nitin Dange
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery,
King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G. S. Medical College,
Mumbai-400012, India.
Tel: 91-22-224129884 Fax: 91-22-24143435
E-mail: docdnitin@yahoo.com
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