[Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament].

Two asymptomatic, unusually young male patients aged 18 and 21 with ossification of the longitudinal posterior ligament of the cervical spine are presented. Geographical distribution, pathological and radiologic aspects of the disease are discussed together with those signs differentiating it from ankylosing spinal hyperostosis.

Keywords

Adult, Male, Ligaments, Adolescent, Tomography, X-Ray, Ossification, Heterotopic, Age Factors, Diagnosis, Differential, Spinal Osteophytosis, Cervical Vertebrae, Humans, Spinal Diseases

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