J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2007 Dec;42(6):487-489. 10.3340/jkns.2007.42.6.487.

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

• Oh GS
• Ju CI
• Kim SW
• Lee SM
• Shin H

• KMID: 2189348
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2007.42.6.487

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.

Keyword

Forestier's disease; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

MeSH Terms

Deglutition Disorders
Dyspnea
Humans
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal*
Ligaments
Longitudinal Ligaments*
Peripheral Nerves
Spine