title: Spinal and sacroiliac gouty arthritis: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: In this case report, we describe an "uncommon" case of axial gouty arthropathy in a 69-year-old woman with bilateral sciatica that was thoroughly evaluated with conventional radiography, CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging, bone scintigraphy, and PET-CT. Axial gouty arthropathy should be included in the differential diagnosis of chronic low back pain, mainly when several risk factors for gout are present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital Sao Paulo, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP; Escola Paulista de Medicina - EPM; Sao Paulo, Brazil ; Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Fabiano Nassar
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Omoumi
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Gregoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wieers
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Baudouin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maldague
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malghem
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Frédéric E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Lecouvet
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bruno C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Vande Berg
keywords: CT scan; MRI; PET-CT; Spine; bone scintigraphy; gouty arthropathy; radiography; sacroiliac