title: Cervical spine pseudogout with myelopathy and Charcot joints.
abstract: Myelopathy due to calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals in the cervical spine is rare. Neuropathic-like joints are also uncommon manifestations of CPPD crystal disease. We describe a 79-year-old woman with multiple neuropathic joints containing CPPD crystals. She also had a large mass containing CPPD crystals impinging on the cervical spinal cord, causing a myelopathy. She appears to be the first patient with this combination of unusual clinical features with CPPD disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Fidler
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dewar
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Fenton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate / Q000032:analysis; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014953:Wrist / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate