[Spinal cord compression due to tophaceous vertebral gout: a case report and literature review]

Rev Med Interne. 1999 Mar;20(3):253-7. doi: 10.1016/s0248-8663(99)83053-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Introduction: Acute gout arthritis and tophaceous gout of the spine is rare.

Exegesis: 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.

Conclusion: Gout arthritis should always be suspected and investigated in patients with either chronic low back pain or non-specific spinal cord compression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Gouty / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis, Gouty / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis, Gouty / pathology
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Diseases / pathology