ABSTRACT
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a rare cause of myelopathy in non-Oriental populations and relatively unrecognized by general practitioners. A case of an Afro-Brazilian 54-years-old woman presenting with tetraparesis due to cervical OPLL is presented. Emphasis is made for the inclusion of OPLL in the differential diagnosis of compressive cervical myelopathy.
Subject(s)
Cervical Vertebrae , Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament/complications , Quadriplegia/etiology , Spinal Cord Compression/complications , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Middle Aged , Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament/diagnosis , Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament/surgery , Quadriplegia/diagnosis , Quadriplegia/surgery , Spinal Cord Compression/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a rare cause of myelopathy in non-Oriental populations and relatively unrecognized by general practitioners. A case of an Afro-Brazilian 54-years-old woman presenting with tetraparesis due to cervical OPLL is presented. Emphasis is made for the inclusion of OPLL in the differential diagnosis of compressive cervical myelopathy.
Ossificação do ligamento longitudinal posterior (OLLP) é causa rara de mielopatia na população não Oriental e relativamente subdiagnosticada por clínicos gerais. Relata-se um caso de mulher de 54 anos descendência Afro-Brasileira com tetraparesia associada a OLLP cervical. Enfatiza-se a inclusão da OLLP como diagnóstico diferencial de mielopatia cervical compressiva.
Subject(s)
Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Cervical Vertebrae , Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament/complications , Quadriplegia/etiology , Spinal Cord Compression/complications , Diagnosis, Differential , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament/diagnosis , Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament/surgery , Quadriplegia/diagnosis , Quadriplegia/surgery , Spinal Cord Compression/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
O presente artigo objetiva relatar aspectos bioéticos e jurídicos, em caráter multidisciplinar, do pseudo-hermafroditismo masculino, por intermédio de uma breve revisão sobre o processo embriológico de determinação do sexo na espécie humana e abordando questões relativas à fisiopatologia, terapêutica e suas implicações no que diz respeito ao referido transtorno de diferenciação sexual.
