Gondim J, Ramos Júnior F
Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Aceite, Brasil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1998 Jun;56(2):312-6. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1998000200025.
Calcification and/or ossification of the ligamenta flava is a well reported clinicopathologic entity causing narrowing of the spinal canal cord compression. It has been described almost exclusively in Japanese people. The authors present the case of a non Japanese patient with thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum.