title: Tophaceous gout of the spine causing spinal cord compression.
abstract: Tophaceous gout of the spine rarely causes spinal cord compression. Only eight cases have been reported previously. We report a further case presenting with progressive quadriparesis caused by gouty tophi at C1, treated successfully by decompressive laminectomy and internal fixation. This case and the previously reported cases are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Murshid
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Ettles
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Cummins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009417:Nerve Tissue / Q000503:physiopathology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed