creators_name: Jaisuresh, K creators_name: Vinod kumar, P creators_name: Sundaravadivelu, V type: journale datestamp: 2007-01-01 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:45 metadata_visibility: show title: Thoracic myelopathy due to ossified hypertrophied ligamentum flavum ispublished: inpress subjects: calcut subjects: neuro-anat full_text_status: public keywords: Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, Myelopathy. abstract: Calcification of ligamentum flavum is a rare disease that was found to occur almost exclusively in Japanese population. However the disease is now being increasingly recognized as a cause of thoracic myeloradiculopathy in Indian Population. We report a case of thoracic myelopathy at multiple levels due to ossified and hypertrophied ligamentum flavum. date: 2007 date_type: published publication: Calicut Medical Journal 2007 refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1.RosenbaumRB, ciaverella DP.Disorders of Bones, Joints, Ligaments and Meninges.In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM,Jankovic J,editors. Neurology in clinical practice.4th ed.Philadelphia:Butterworth Heinemann;2004.p.2204. 2.Kruse JJ, Awasthi D, Harris M, Waguespack A, Riccardi J. Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum as a Cause of Myelopathy in North America:Report of Three cases.J.spinal disorders 2000; 13(1):22-5. 3.Jayakumar PN, Devi BI, Bhat DI, Das BS. Thoracic cord compression due to Ossified hypertrophied ligamentum flavum. Neurology India 2002; 50:286-9. 4.Kocer A,Gozke E, Tasali N. Thoracic myelopathy due to enlarged Ossified ligaments (Japanese disease) in a Turkish female patient. Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish) 2005; 22(1): 69-73. 5.Gil-salu JL, Lopez-escobar M, Gomez-cardenas E, Rodriquez-pena F, Repeto-lopez JA, Lopez-lopez J et al. Calcification of thoracic yellow ligament as a cause of myelopathy. Rev Neurol 2002 Apr 16-30;34(8):750-3. citation: Jaisuresh, K and Vinod kumar, P and Sundaravadivelu, V (2007) Thoracic myelopathy due to ossified hypertrophied ligamentum flavum. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] (In Press) document_url: http://cogprints.org/5342/1/Thoracic_Myelopathy.pdf