Cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal longitudinal ligament

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  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo, School of Medicine and Moro General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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✓ Ten patients who had cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine are described. This disease is characterized by an abnormal longitudinal strip of ossified ligamentous tissue along the posterior margin of vertebrae from C-3 to C-6; the primary lesion appears to be a degeneration of the intervertebral disc. This distinct clinical, radiological, and pathological entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of cervical myelopathy. All 10 patients were treated by extensive decompressive laminectomy and multiple bilateral facetectomies, with or without foramen magnum decompression. The results were favorable, and postoperative myelography demonstrated dorsal migration of the entire dural contents.

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