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Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease Causing Thoracic Cord Compression: Case Report

Natarajan Muthukumar, Usharani Karuppaswamy, Balakrishnan Sankarasubbu

Neurosurgery · 2000 · 34 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Calcification of the ligamenta flava due to CPPD deposition disease is a rare cause of thoracic cord compression. CPPD deposition disease should be entertained in the differential diagnosis of thoracic cord compression.

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