1998
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1998000300021
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Ossificação do ligamento longitudinal posterior na coluna cervical: relato de caso

Abstract: RESUMO -A ossificação do ligamento longitudinal posterior (OLLP) é causa incomum de mielopatia compressiva na população caucasiana. É relatado o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino com um quadro de paraparesia espástica, cuja investigação radiológica mostrou OLLP. O raio-X de coluna cervical mostrou imagem laminar, vertical, com densidade óssea, posterior aos corpos vertebrais, que se estendia de C2 a T1. A tomografia computadorizada (TC) e a mielotomografia mostravam OLLP causando compressão medular ântero-… Show more

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“…OPLL is defined as an abnormal thickening and new bone development of the PLL, causing significant cord compression 4,5 . Ninety-five percent of cases occur within the cervical spine 4,5 , involving 2.7 to 4.0 levels in 70% of cases 6 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…OPLL is defined as an abnormal thickening and new bone development of the PLL, causing significant cord compression 4,5 . Ninety-five percent of cases occur within the cervical spine 4,5 , involving 2.7 to 4.0 levels in 70% of cases 6 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ninety-five percent of cases occur within the cervical spine 4,5 , involving 2.7 to 4.0 levels in 70% of cases 6 . Up to 25% of patients presenting with cervical myelopathy have OPLL rather than spondylotic and stenotic myelopathy or disc disease alone 6 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%