Symptomatic Calcification and Ossification of the Cervical Ligamentum Flavum: Clinical, radiological and pathological features

Kazufumi Sato Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Shimoaizuki 23 Matsuoka cho, Yoshidagun, Fukui, 910-11, Japan

Minoru Hayashi Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Shimoaizuki 23 Matsuoka cho, Yoshidagun, Fukui, 910-11, Japan

Toshihiko Kubota Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Shimoaizuki 23 Matsuoka cho, Yoshidagun, Fukui, 910-11, Japan

Hirokazu Kawano Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Shimoaizuki 23 Matsuoka cho, Yoshidagun, Fukui, 910-11, Japan

Yuji Handa Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Shimoaizuki 23 Matsuoka cho, Yoshidagun, Fukui, 910-11, Japan

Masanori Kabuto Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Shimoaizuki 23 Matsuoka cho, Yoshidagun, Fukui, 910-11, Japan

Abstract

Four surgical cases of symptomatic calcification or ossification of the cervical ligamentum flavum are reported. Both of these conditions occurred in the lower cervical spine of older women, and are best demonstrated on axial computerized tomography (CT) scan. All of our patients showed marked improvement after surgical decompression.

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