title: [Spinal cord compression due to tophaceous vertebral gout: a case report and literature review].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute gout arthritis and tophaceous gout of the spine is rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 54-year-old man with chronic low back pain. Physical examination and myelography showing neurological compression on L4 laminectomy evidenced tophaceous gout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gout arthritis should always be suspected and investigated in patients with either chronic low back pain or non-specific spinal cord compression.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne D, CHG de Chateauroux, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marsaudon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouchard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Langand
mesh_terms: D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology