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Cervical spine pseudogout with myelopathy and Charcot joints
W K Fidler1, C L Dewar, P V Fenton
1Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
Myelopathy due to calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals in the cervical spine is rare. Neuropathic-like joints are also uncommon manifestations of CPPD crystal disease. We describe a 79-year-old woman with multiple neuropathic joints containing CPPD crystals. She also had a large mass containing CPPD crystals impinging on the cervical spinal cord, causing a myelopathy. She appears to be the first patient with this combination of unusual clinical features with CPPD disease.