Contiguous Multilevel Thoracic Ossification of Ligamentum Flavum in a Young Adult Spine

The ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) was characterized by the replacement of the ligamentum flavum by ectopic new bone formation. Although OLF is well known as one of the causes of thoracic myelopathy through the compression of the spinal cord from the posterolateral side, contiguous mult...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Yamada, Ichiro Torigoe, Kenichiro Sakai, Atsushi Okawa, Yoshiyasu Arai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1640485
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