Gouty arthropathy of the cervical spine in a young adult

Yi Jie Kou; Chang Jung Chiang; Yang Hwei Tsuang

doi:10.1016/s1726-4901(09)70354-5

Gouty arthropathy of the cervical spine in a young adult

Yi Jie Kou, Chang Jung Chiang, Yang Hwei Tsuang

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Abstract

We report a young man with gouty discitis of the cervical spine. To our knowledge, our patient is the youngest patient with cervical gouty discitis reported in the literature. The clinical manifestation was similar to that of cervical spondylosis with radiculopathy. Gouty discitis was diagnosed only when tophi in the disc were found during surgery and proved by pathologic study. Surgical decompression followed by optimization of pharmacologic treatment enabled good recovery from neurologic complications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	180-182
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume	70
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s1726-4901(09)70354-5
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cervical spine
Discitis
Gout

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General Medicine

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Gouty arthropathy of the cervical spine in a young adult

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