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BACKGROUND:Calcified hypertrophic ligamentum flavum is a known entity that causes myeloradiculopathy of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine and is seen more commonly in Asian populations. Noncalcified hypertrophic changes are less common and may mimic other epidural space-occupying lesions. CASE DESCRIPTION:A 59-year-old woman presented with progressive myelopathy, and imaging studies were consistent with an epidural space-occupying lesion from C4-T3. The patient underwent posterior cervical decompression and fusion with instrumentation. Pathology specimens revealed noncalcified hypertrophic ligamentum flavum. CONCLUSIONS:To our knowledge, noncalcified hypertrophic ligamentum flavum causing progressive cervical myelopathy has never been reported in the English literature. This entity should be considered in cases with epidural masses causing progressive myelopathy.
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World Neurosurgjournal_title
World neurosurgeryauthors
Coughlin DJ,Rymarczuk GN,Dirks MSdoi
10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.035subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-11-01 00:00:00pages
618.e21-618.e26eissn
1878-8750issn
1878-8769pii
S1878-8750(16)30701-Xjournal_volume
95pub_type
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