Multilevel calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition in cervical ligamentum flavum: clinical characteristics and imaging features

Table 1 Basic clinical data

Case	Age/Sex	Comorbidities	Symptoms	Duration	Type of surgery
1	70/M	DM	Neck pain Myelopathy	2 months	Decompression with fusion
2	85/M	Absent	Myeloradiculopathy	10 months	Decompression
3	59/M	HTN, Arrhythmia	Myeloradiculopathy	3 months	Decompression
4	80/M	DM, HTN	Myelopathy	4 moths	Decompression with fusion
5	66/M	HTN, hyperuricemia	Neck pain Myeloradiculopathy	10 months	Decompression with fusion
6	72/M	DM, HTN	Neck pain Radiculopathy	3 months	Decompression
7	86/M	HTN, COPD	Neck pain Myeloradiculopathy	18 months	Decompression
8	79/M	Absent	Myelopathy	2 months	Decompression
9	87/M	HTN, COPD	Myeloradiculopathy	2 months	Decompression
10	73/M	DM, HTN	Neck pain Myeloradiculopathy	4 months	Decompression
11	78/F	HTN CAD	Myelopathy	18 months	Decompression
12	70/F	DM, CAD	Neck pain Myeloradiculopathy	24 months	Decompression
13	77/M	HTN, ESRD	Neck pain Myeloradiculopathy	24 months	Decompression
14	81/M	HTN	Neck pain Myelopathy	9 months	Decompression
15	67/F	ESRD	Neck pain Myelopathy	15 months	Decompression with fusion
16	81/M	DM	Myeloradiculopathy	9 months	Decompression
17	78/F	DM, CAD	Neck pain Myeloradiculopathy	5 months	Decompression with fusion
18	77/M	HTN	Neck pain Radiculopathy	12 months	Decompression

M Male, F Female, DM Diabetes mellitus, HTN Hypertension, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CAD Coronary arterial disease, ESRD End stage renal disease

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