--- 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.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Jaisuresh given: K honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Vinod kumar given: P honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Sundaravadivelu given: V honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2007 date_type: published datestamp: 2007-01-01 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/53/42 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5342 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5342/1/Thoracic_Myelopathy.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: inpress issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, Myelopathy.' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:45 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: Calicut Medical Journal 2007 publisher: ~ 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. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:09:13 subjects: - calcut - neuro-anat succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Thoracic myelopathy due to ossified hypertrophied ligamentum flavum type: journale userid: 6848 volume: ~