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Compression of the Cauda Equina due to a Necrobiotic Granuloma of Ligamentum Flavum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Juan M. Bilbao ,
William Horsey ,
Charles Gonsalves  and
Ara Chalvardjian
Juan M. Bilbao*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto
William Horsey
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto
Charles Gonsalves
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto
Ara Chalvardjian
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto
*
Department of Pathology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8
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A 56 year old woman developed symptoms of lumbar nerve root compression caused by a granuloma arising in the ligamentum flavum. The histological features of the lesion are discussed and the clinical and radiological findings of the patient are described.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , May 1975 , pp. 135 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1975

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