A rare cause of spinal cord compression: imaging appearances of gout of the cervical spine.
Gout is a metabolic disorder typically affecting the peripheral joints, more commonly in males. Spinal involvement is uncommon and is usually associated with hyperuricemia. We present the imaging findings of a case of spinal gout in a female patient with no previous history of hyperuricaemia, involving multiple spinal segments.
Department of Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, High Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. geoff.hide@nuth.nhs.uk
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D000368:Aged; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000150:complications; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000150:complications; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed