Complete Cord Injury after Minimal Trauma in a Patient with Forestier's Disease Accompanying Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament.
10.3340/jkns.2007.42.6.487
- Author:
Gun Seok OH
1
;
Chang Il JU
;
Seok Won KIM
;
Seung Myung LEE
;
Ho SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. chosunns@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Forestier's disease;
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament
- MeSH:
Deglutition Disorders;
Dyspnea;
Humans;
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal*;
Ligaments;
Longitudinal Ligaments*;
Peripheral Nerves;
Spine
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2007;42(6):487-489
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Forestier's disease is a systemic rheumatological abnormality in which exuberant ossification occurs along ligaments throughout the body, but most notably the anterior longitudinal ligament of the spine. This disease is usually asymptomatic; however dysphagia, dyspnea, and peripheral nerve entrapment have all been documented in association with the disorder. We report a rare case of catastrophic neurologic damage caused by Forestier's disease accompanying ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
