Open AccessFirst report of perforation of ligamentum flavum by sequestrated lumbar intervertebral disc
Author(s) -
Bülent Özdemi̇r,
Ayhan Kanat,
Osman Ersegun Batçık,
Cihangir Erturk,
Fatma Beyazal Çeliker,
Ali Rıza Güvercin,
Uğur Yazar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.199867
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , epidural space , lumbar , anatomy , intervertebral disc , surgery , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Disc fragments are well known to migrate to superior, inferior, or lateral sites in the anterior epidural space, posterior epidural migrated lumbar disc fragments is an extremely rare disorder, 61 cases have been reported to date. However, there were no cases with perforated ligamentum flavum (LF). We report a different case with perforation of ligamentum ligamentum by disc fragment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of perforation LF by a posterior epidural migrated sequester disc.