Crowned dens syndrome misdiagnosed as polymyalgia rheumtica, giant cell arteritis, meningitis or spondylitis: An analysis of eight cases

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1508-1512

  Aouba, A ^a   Vuillemin Bodaghi, V ^a   Mutschler, C ^b   De Bandt, M ^b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate crystals; Crowned dens syndrome; Giant cell arteritis; Hydroxyapatite; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; KETOPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROWNED DENS SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MENINGITIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SKULL; SPONDYLITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NECK PAIN; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; SPONDYLITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10444241017     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh370     Document Type: Article

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