CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE CRYSTAL DEPOSITION IN THE LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM OF THE CERVICAL SPINE
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A 73 — year-old woman with cervical myelopathy was shown to have calcified nodule in the ligamentum flavum of C-4. Laminectomy was performed. Histological examination showed calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in the nodule. Images were of plain cervical spine radiographs and computed tomographic myelography.
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