IJAR.2018.382

Type of Article:  Case Report

Volume 7; Issue 1.3 (March 2019)

Page No.: 6326-6329

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2018.382

OSSIFICATION OF THE ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT: CLINICAL AND EMBRYOLOGICAL ASPECT

Parul Kaushal 1, Ranjana Verma *2, Aritra Banerjee 3, Raj D Mehra 4.

1 Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

*2 Department of Anatomy, Government institute of medical sciences, Greater Noida, UP, India.

3 Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.

4 Department of Anatomy, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India.

Corresponding author: Dr. Ranjana Verma, Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy, Government institute of medical sciences, Greater Noida, UP, India. Mobile no: 7701807013 E-Mail: ranjanaverma318@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:

Normal anatomy of vertebral column is extremely vital for weight transmission as well as normal day to day activities. Osteogenic outgrowths and ossifications are commonly reported in literature; however, extensive ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL) is a rare finding. During routine undergraduate teaching in the Department of Anatomy, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, we came across ossification in the ALL of an elderly male skeleton, extending from T9 to L2, with complete bridging between vertebrae T11 -T12 as well as L1- L2 and broken (possibly due to bone processing) in region between T9-T10, T10- T11, T12-L1. Ossification was extensive on the right side as compared to the left. Knowledge of such ossification will aid a surgeon during lateral transpsoas approach of vertebral column and prevent complications while performing surgeries in this region such as lordiosis restoration with ALL release and in placement of hyperlordotic cage etc.

Key words: Forestier’s disease, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.

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Cite this article: Parul Kaushal, Ranjana Verma, Aritra Banerjee, Raj D Mehra. OSSIFICATION OF THE ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT: CLINICAL AND EMBRYOLOGICAL ASPECT. Int J Anat Res 2019;7(1.3):6326-6329. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2018.382