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[Spinal cord compression due to tophaceous vertebral gout: a case report and literature review]
E Marsaudon1, C Bouchard, D Langand
1Service de médecine interne D, CHG de Chateauroux, France.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|April 27, 1999
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.