Minimally Invasive Surgical Management of Thoracic Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum Associated with X-linked Hypophosphatemia.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is the most common inherited form of renal phosphate wasting and inherited rickets. Patients have hyperplasia of fibrochondrocytes in tendons and ligaments, causing the structures to thicken and calcify. Thickening of the lamina, hypertrophy of facet joints, and calcification of spinal ligaments are sequelae of this condition and can result in central or foraminal stenosis that compresses nerve roots or the spinal cord. We present a case of XLH with calcification of the ligamentum flavum in which the patient was operated on using minimally invasive posterior decompression. CASE DESCRIPTION:A 49-year-old man with a history of XLH presented to our emergency department with symptomatic myelopathy from multilevel thoracic stenosis. Radiographically, the calcified ligamentum flavum appeared to be the cause of the stenosis at various levels. The patient underwent a posterior decompression at the levels of compression, T4-T5, T8-T9, T9-T10, and T11-T12, via a minimally invasive spine surgery approach. Intraoperatively, the ligamentum flavum appeared to be both calcified and the source of spinal compression. Postoperatively, the patient experienced neurologic and radiographic improvement. CONCLUSION:Patients with a history of XLH and multilevel symptomatic spine stenosis can be treated successfully and safely with a minimally invasive posterior decompression.

journal_name

World Neurosurg

journal_title

World neurosurgery

authors

Riccio AR,Entezami P,Giuffrida A,Dowling J,Forrest G,German JW

doi

10.1016/j.wneu.2016.07.076

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-10-01 00:00:00

pages

580.e5-580.e10

eissn

1878-8750

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1878-8769

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S1878-8750(16)30620-9

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94

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