Trauma-Induced Myelopathy in Patients with Retro-Odontoid Pseudotumour and Ossification of the Anterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Report of Two Cases

Yoshiko Tobari; Atsushi Kimura; Satoru Sasaki; Yasuhito Tajiri; Atsushi Seichi

doi:10.1177/230949901402200333

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Dec 2014)

Trauma-Induced Myelopathy in Patients with Retro-Odontoid Pseudotumour and Ossification of the Anterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Report of Two Cases

Yoshiko Tobari,
Atsushi Kimura,
Satoru Sasaki,
Yasuhito Tajiri,
Atsushi Seichi

Affiliations

Yoshiko Tobari: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Atsushi Kimura: Department of Orthopaedics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
Satoru Sasaki: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Yasuhito Tajiri: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Atsushi Seichi: Department of Orthopaedics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/230949901402200333
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22

Abstract

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We report 2 cases of acute, progressive myelopathy after a fall in elderly patients who had a retro-odontoid pseudotumour and extensive ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament.

Published in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

ISSN: 2309-4990 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
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