Hematoma of the ligamentum flavum in the thoracic spine: report of two cases and possible role of the transforming growth factor beta-vascular endothelial growth factor signaling axis in its pathogenesis

J Orthop Sci. 2013 Mar;18(2):347-54. doi: 10.1007/s00776-011-0150-3. Epub 2011 Aug 31.

Authors

Yoshihiro Matsumoto¹, Toshifumi Fujiwara, Ryuta Imamura, Yuko Okada, Katsumi Harimaya, Toshio Doi, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Seiji Okada, Yuichi Yamada, Yoshinao Oda, Yukihide Iwamoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 21879325
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-011-0150-3

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Contrast Media
Diagnosis, Differential
Hematoma / diagnosis*
Hematoma / metabolism
Hematoma / surgery
Humans
Laminectomy
Ligamentum Flavum / metabolism*
Ligamentum Flavum / pathology*
Ligamentum Flavum / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Signal Transduction
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Transforming Growth Factor beta / metabolism*

Substances

Contrast Media
Transforming Growth Factor beta