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Tetraparesis secondary to cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: case report

Published:2007-06 Issue:2b Volume:65 Page:532-535
ISSN:0004-282X
Container-title:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
language:
Short-container-title:Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

Author:

Cruzeiro Marcelo Maroco¹,Vale Thiago Cardoso²,Pires Leopoldo Antônio³,Franco Gláucio Mendes⁴,Pennisi Molise Fortuna⁵

Affiliation:

1. UFF; Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil

2. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil

3. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil; UNIFESP

4. UFF; Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil; UFRJ

5. UNIPAC, Brazil

Abstract

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a rare cause of myelopathy in non-Oriental populations and relatively unrecognized by general practitioners. A case of an Afro-Brazilian 54-years-old woman presenting with tetraparesis due to cervical OPLL is presented. Emphasis is made for the inclusion of OPLL in the differential diagnosis of compressive cervical myelopathy.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Neurology,Neurology (clinical)

Link

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v65n2b/34.pdf

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