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Association between periodontitis and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Introduction Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the spinal ligament compresses the spinal cord, causing various spinal nerve diseases.
Michiyo Tsuru, Takayoshi Oosio, Teruyo Higashi, Kensei Nagata, Kanichiro Wada, Yasuyuki Ishibashi   +5 more
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Does Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Progress After Fusion? [PDF]

Neurospine, 2019
Starting in the 1960s, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) became more commonly diagnosed in Japan. The disease is characterized by a gradual increase in calcification of the posterior longitudinal ligament with the eventual ...
Sasha Vaziri, Dennis Timothy Lockney, Alexander B. Dru, Adam J. Polifka, W. Christopher Fox, Daniel J. Hoh   +5 more
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Analysis of Myelomalacia and Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Ossification as Prognostic Factors in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Submitted to Laminoplasty

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2022
Background Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a degenerative disease of the intervertebral disc and the vertebral body of the spine that causes cervical spinal cord injury due to central vertebral canal stenosis.
Desirée Elizabeth Pasqualetto Antikievicz, Giulio Bartié Rossi, Marcos Vinicius Calfatt Maldaun, Daniel Gripp, Cassiano de Marchi, Luiz Vinícius de Alcantara Sousa, Paulo Henrique Pires de Aguiar   +6 more
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Case Report: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine: A rare case with dysphagia and neurological deficit and literature review

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is characterized by the calcification and ossification of ligaments and tendons. Progressive dysphagia caused by DISH-related anterior cervical osteophytes and deteriorating dysphagia caused by DISH ...
Chaoyuan Li, Wenqi Luo, Hongchao Zhang, Jianhui Zhao, Rui Gu   +4 more
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Analysis of the Prevalence and Distribution of Cervical and Thoracic Compressive Lesions of the Spinal Cord in Lumbar Degenerative Disease [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2014
Study DesignRetrospective study.PurposeThe aim of the present study is to analyze the prevalence and distribution of cervical and thoracic compressive lesions of the spinal cord in lumbar degenerative disease, using whole-spine postmyelographic computed ...
Masashi Miyazaki, Toyomi Yoshiiwa, Ryuzo Kodera, Masanori Kawano, Hiroshi Tsumura   +4 more
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An unusual obstacle to the thoracic interlaminar epidural injection for the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia

Ağrı, 2023
Interlaminar epidural steroid injections corresponding to dermatomes affected by post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) were found effective in reducing pain. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a non-inflammatory condition that mainly occurs with ...
Serhad Bilim, Savaş Şencan, Osman Hakan Gündüz   +2 more
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Triple trouble: A case of traumatic cervical spinal cord injury in a patient with ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament and disc prolapse

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
We describe the case of a trauma patient who presented to our emergency department with signs and symptoms suggestive of cervical cord injury. The patient had an underlying ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament with multiple cervical disc ...
Kosar Hussain, Sally Khalid Ahmed Abu-khumra, Firas Jaafar Kareem Alnajjar, Motea Mohamad Abdo   +3 more
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Thoracic Myelopathy Caused by Ossification of the Yellow Ligament as a Distal Adjacent Segmental Disease after Posterior Cervical-Middle Thoracic Fusion Surgery

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2020
Although adjacent segmental disease after posterior thoracic fusion surgery is rare, thoracic myelopathy due to ossification of the yellow ligament in the lower thoracic spine could develop because of mechanical stress when the lower instrumented ...
Toru Funayama, Kentaro Mataki, Tetsuya Abe, Hiroshi Noguchi, Kousei Miura, Hiroshi Kumagai, Katsuya Nagashima, Yosuke Shibao, Kosuke Sato, Masao Koda, Masashi Yamazaki   +10 more
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Cervical restenosis caused by progressive ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in patients following laminoplasty: Two case reports

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2018
We report two cases of restenosis caused by the progression of thickness of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) seven and more years after laminoplasty, resulting in neurological deterioration needed for revision anterior ...
Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Akihiko Okawa, Satoshi Maki, Yasushi Ijima, Junya Saito, Mitsuhiro Kitamura, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Seiji Ohtori, Testuya Abe, Hiroshi Noguchi, Toru Funayama, Kosei Miura, Hiroshi Kumagai, Katsuya Nagashima, Masashi Yamazaki   +16 more
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Diffuse post-traumatic calcification of the anterior longitudinal ligamentum of cervical and dorsal spine

Reumatismo, 2004
Among the different conditions causing flogosis and calcification/ossification of the soft tissues of the spinal cord, single or recurrent traumatic events are included.
C.U. Manzini, V. Spina, M.T. Mascia, R. Magistro, G. Carpenito, C. Ferri   +5 more
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