Évolution chirurgicale de la myélopathie thoracique secondaire à l'ossification des ligaments jaunes |
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Authors: | Byung-Chul Park Woo-Kie Min Chang-Wug Oh In-Ho Jeon Shin-Yoon Kim Hee-Soo Kyung Soo-Hoon Oh |
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Institution: | aService de chirurgie orthopédique, faculté de médicine, Kyungpook National University, 50, Sam-Duck 2 Ga, 700–721 Daegu, Corée du Sud |
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Abstract: | Calcification of the cervical ligamentum flavum is a rare entity observed exclusively in Japanese people. We report a new case in a 65-year-old man from Tunisia who presented with symptoms of cervical myelopathy with mild tetra paresis, sensory abnormalities and dysuria. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a posterior compression of the spinal cord at C3-C4. CT-scan showed a calcification of the ligamentum flavum at level C3-C4, compressing the left postero-lateral aspect of the spinal cord. C3-C4 laminectomy was performed with removal of abnormal ligamentum flavum tissue. The postoperative course was uneventful and all symptoms resolved.Calcification of the cervical ligamentum flavum is a rare entity; the diagnosis is easy but the pathogenesis remains unclear. Literature regarding this pathology is reviewed.![> PDF (133 K)
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Évolution chirurgicale de la myélopathie thoracique secondaire à l'ossification des ligaments jaunes
Surgical outcome of thoracic myelopathy secondary to ossification of ligamentum flavum◊