Cervical myelopathy caused by pseudogout.
A case of pseudogout manifesting as a cervical myelopathy is presented. Surgery can offer the definitive treatment with removal of the compressing crystalline mass. This diagnosis should be considered in a progressive myelopathy in the elderly person shown to have extradural compression, even in the absence of other stigmata of gout.
Norris
J S
JS
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Queens' Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
Hope
D T
DT
D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D009192:Myelography; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed