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Type of Article : Case Report

Year: 2014 | Volume 2 | Issue 4 | Page No. 727-729

Date of Publication: 31-12-2014

DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2014.519

OSSIFICATION OF THE ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OF THE THORACIC SPINE

Vivek Singh Malik ¹, Gargi Soni *².

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Pandit BD Sharma University of health Sciences, Rohtak, India.
^*2 Head of the Unit, Department of Anatomy, Management and Science University, Malaysia.

Address: Dr. Gargi Soni, Head of the Unit, Department of Anatomy, International Medical School, Management and Science University, Malaysia. E-Mail: bhasingargi@rediffmail.com 

Abstract

The ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament may be a part of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also known as Forestier’s disease. We are describing a case of ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament in the region of thoracic spine, found on routine examination of dry bones.
KEYWORDS: DISH, Forestier’s Disease, Diffuse, Idiopathic, Skeletal, Hyperostosis, Thoracic spine.

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Vivek Singh Malik, Gargi Soni. OSSIFICATION OF THE ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OF THE THORACIC SPINE. Int J Anat Res 2014;2(4):727-729. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2014.519