A case of paraplegia caused by calcification of the thoracic spinal yellow ligament is presented. A 77-year-old Japanese woman had lumbago, muscle weakness of her lower extremity and hypoesthesia of right lower extremity as incipient symptoms. Radiological examination of the thoracic spine showed scoliosis, spondylotic deformity and abnormal opacity posteriorly in the spinal canal.
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