Tophaceous Gout of the Spine Causing Neural Compression

Gout is a common metabolic disease in which monosodium urate crystals called tophi develop. Spinal involvement in gout resulting in neural compression is unusual. We describe a case of a 64-year-old man with a history of gouty arthritis of the knee. The patient presented with thoracic myelopathy and...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Jong-Won, Park, Kyung-Bum, Park, Hyun, Kang, Dong-Ho, Lee, Chul-Hee, Hwang, Soo-Hyun, Jung, Jin-Myung, Han, Jong-Woo, Park, In Sung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24757485
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2013.10.3.185

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