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Tophaceous gout of the cervical spine causing cord compression: Computed tomographic diagnosis

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Tophaceous gout causing cord compression with a normal serum urate level and with no current symptoms of polyradiculopathy is a rare occurrence. We describe the computed tomographic (CT) findings of large, well-defined marginal and juxtamarginal erosions containing urate deposits which resulted in extradural cord compression in the cervical spine of a patient with chronic polyarticular tophaceous gout.

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  1. Department of Radiologic Sciences, Allegheny University Hospitals-Hahnemann Division, MS 309, Broad and Vine Streets, 19102, Philadelphia, PA

    Vincenzo Giuliano M.D., Jonathan E. Keough M.D. & Simin Dadparvar M.D.

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Giuliano, V., Keough, J.E. & Dadparvar, S. Tophaceous gout of the cervical spine causing cord compression: Computed tomographic diagnosis. Emergency Radiology 5, 162–163 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02749102

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