Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

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Complete Cord Injury after Minimal Trauma in a Patient with Forestier's Disease Accompanying Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

  • Oh, Gun-Seok (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine, Chosun University) ;
  • Ju, Chang-Il (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine, Chosun University) ;
  • Kim, Seok-Won (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine, Chosun University) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Myung (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine, Chosun University) ;
  • Shin, Ho (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine, Chosun University)
  • Published : 2007.12.28
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Abstract

Forestier's disease is a systemic rheumatological abnormality in which exuberant ossification occurs along ligaments throughout the body, but most notably the anterior longitudinal ligament of the spine. This disease is usually asymptomatic; however dysphagia, dyspnea, and peripheral nerve entrapment have all been documented in association with the disorder. We report a rare case of catastrophic neurologic damage caused by Forestier's disease accompanying ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

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