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SummaryWe report one case of spontaneous thoracic spinal cord herniation presenting with a progressive spastic paraparesis for 4 years in a 55 years old man. From preoperative MRI, showing a ventrally displaced atrophic spinal cord at T2T3 level, a dorsal intradural arachnoid cyst was suspected. At operation, after a 3 level laminectomy, no arachnoid cyst was found and spinal cord herniation into...
Background: Focal ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) forms one of the rare causes of thoracic myelopathy. The lower thoracic spine is most frequently affected and the patients present with initial posterior column disturbances followed by progressively increasing spastic paraparesis. The pathogenesis of OLF has not been conclusively established. Method: Five patients with thoracic myelopathy...
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