Cough induced by ossification of the ligamentum flavum in the high cervical spine. Case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The authors report a very rare case of high cervical ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) in a 40-year-old woman who developed an intractable cough after a traffic accident. The patient's symptoms subsided immediately after decompressive laminectomy and removal of the lesion. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of high cervical OLF in a patient who presented with a cough. The pathophysiological mechanism underlying the cough was determined to be symptomatic of high cervical spine OLF.
Medical subject headings
- Cough
- Ligamentum Flavum
- Ossification, Heterotopic
Anatomy
- cervical spine