Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in Cervical Spine and Its Association With Ossified Lesions in the Whole Spine: A Cross-Sectional Study of 2500 CT Scans.
Neerav Anand SinghAjoy Prasad ShettySridhar JakkepallyDinesh KumarasamyRishi Mugesh KannaDr Shanmuganathan RajasekaranPublished in: Global spine journal (2021)
Our study indicated a prevalence rate of 5.12% for C-OPLL with a predominance of segmental OPLL (77.7%). Among these patients, approximately 36% had coexisting thoracic OLF. In patients with symptomatic OPLL induced cervical myelopathy, MRI analysis of whole spine with relevant CT correlation may help in detecting additional ossification sites of compression.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord
- image quality
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- positron emission tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance
- physical activity
- diabetic rats
- diffusion weighted imaging
- high glucose