Tophaceous pseudogout.
We present an unusual case of tophaceous pseudogout in the atlantoaxial joint with progressive cervical cord compression symptoms and lack of additional clinical manifestations of CPPD crystal deposition disease. This represents only the fourth reported case in the medical literature.
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, USA.
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Rivera-Sanfeliz
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Resnick
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Haghighi
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Wong
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Lanier
D000368:Aged; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000473:pathology; D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
D002131:Calcium Pyrophosphate