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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2020; 9(03): 213-214
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1710106
Case Report

HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Overlapping Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum

Guilherme Gago
1   Hospital São José, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Luidia Varrone Giacomini
1   Hospital São José, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Frederico de Lima Gibbon
2   School of Medicine, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Euripedes Gomes de Carvalho Neto
1   Hospital São José, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Fernando Kowacs
1   Hospital São José, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Nelson Pires Ferreira
1   Hospital São José, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Abstract

HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is an important cause of nontraumatic and noncompressive chronic myelopathy which generally has no improvement regardless of treatment. On the other hand, ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is also a cause of myelopathy; however, it can improve in some cases when surgical treatment is well applied. In this case report, we presented a case of a patient with HAM/TSP overlapping OLF which showed some improvement with surgical treatment.

Keywords

chronic myelopathy - tropical spastic paraparesis - ossification of the ligamentum flavum


Publication History

Article published online:
21 September 2020

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