Femoral neuropathy secondary to ossification of the ligamentum flavum

F Debiais; B Bataille; P Debiais; I Azais; D Bontoux; M Alcalay

Femoral neuropathy secondary to ossification of the ligamentum flavum

J Rheumatol. 2000 May;27(5):1313-4.

Authors

F Debiais¹, B Bataille, P Debiais, I Azais, D Bontoux, M Alcalay

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Jean Bernard Hospital, Poitiers, France.

PMID: 10813309

Abstract

Radiculopathy resulting from ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is extremely rare and concerns only intercostal neuralgias. We describe a 37-year-old Caucasian woman with a lumbar radiculopathy revealing an OLF. Her symptoms were completely and definitively relieved by surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Femoral Neuropathy / etiology*
Femoral Neuropathy / surgery
Humans
Ligamentum Flavum*
Lumbar Vertebrae
Ossification, Heterotopic / complications*
Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology
Radiculopathy / etiology
Spinal Diseases / complications*
Spinal Diseases / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed