Three Cases of Thoracic Myelopathy due to Ligamentum Flavum Ossification.
- Author:
Do Sung YOO
1
;
Kyung Keun CHO
;
Choon Keun PARK
;
Cheol JI
;
Gil Song LEE
;
Heung Kuen RHA
;
Sang Won LEE
;
Chang Rak CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Ossification of ligamentum flavum;
Myelopathy
- MeSH:
Foot;
Gait;
Hypesthesia;
Laminectomy;
Leg;
Ligamentum Flavum*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Metrizamide;
Muscle Spasticity;
Rare Diseases;
Spinal Cord Diseases*;
Spine
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1993;22(3):460-465
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ossification of ligamentum flavum is a very rare disease and one of the new disease entities in myelopathy. We report three cases of ossification of ligamentum flavum in thoracic spine causing thoracic myelopathy. Main symptoms of this disease are numbness of both legs and feet, gait disturbance and spastic motor weakness. Simple spine X-ray, metrizamide myelogram, CT and MRI are most useful diagnostic tools. Sufficient decompressive laminectomy and facetectomy are treatment of choice.
