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British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, e67-e70
© 2006 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/15381140
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Case report

Unusual CT/MR features of putative ligamentum flavum ossification in a North African woman

I Jaffan, MD 1 B Abu-Serieh, MD 1 T Duprez, MD 2 G Cosnard, MD 2 and C Raftopoulos, MD, PhD 1

Departments of 1Neurosurgery and 2Radiology, Saint-Luc Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Correspondence: Christian Raftopoulos, Department of Neurosurgery, Saint Luc University Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium

To display the unusual spinal CT and MR findings in a 48-year-old North African woman presenting with two adjacent intracanalar mineralized epidural outgrowths exhibiting mature bone organization with "cortical" and "trabecular" areas and pseudoarthritic changes at their interface. An unusual form of ligamentum flavum ossification (LFO) was speculated, of which features are discussed under the light of the available literature.






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