Gouty arthropathy of the cervical spine in a young adult.
We report a young man with gouty discitis of the cervical spine. To our knowledge, our patient is the youngest patient with cervical gouty discitis reported in the literature. The clinical manifestation was similar to that of cervical spondylosis with radiculopathy. Gouty discitis was diagnosed only when tophi in the disc were found during surgery and proved by pathologic study. Surgical decompression followed by optimization of pharmacologic treatment enabled good recovery from neurologic complications.
Kuo
Yi-Jie
YJ
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chiang
Chang-Jung
CJ
Tsuang
Yang-Hwei
YH
D000328:Adult; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male