POST-TRAUMATIC MONOPLEGIA ON CERVICAL MYELOPATHY BY OSSIFICATION OF THE POSTERIOR COMMON VERTEBRAL LIGAMENT: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Hamza El Ouagari*, Tarik El Mountassir, Moncef Boufettal, Reda Allah Bassir, Jalal Mekkaoui, Mohamed Kharmaz, Moulay Omar Lamrani and Mohamed Saleh Berrada
ABSTRACT
Ossification of the posterior common vertebral ligament (CPLV) is a hyperostosing pathology relatively common in Japanese subjects, which has earned it the name “Japanese disease”. It is characterized by heterotopic ossification within the LVCP which can lead to spinal cord compression and severe myelopathy. It is most often of cervical location and should lead one to primarily look for an abnormality of phosphocalcic metabolism, in particular familial hypophosphatemic vitamin-resistant rickets or hypoparathyroidism, enveloping vertebral hyperostosis or joint chondrocalcinosis. We report an exceptional case of ossification of the LVCP in the cervical region about a Moroccan patient.
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