A rare cause of spinal cord compression: Imaging appearances of gout of the cervical spine

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 942-945

  Dharmadhikari, R ^a   Dildey, P ^a   Hide, I Geoff ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; CT (computed tomography); Gout; MRI (magnetic resonance imaging); Paraperesis

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GOUT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; ILIAC CREST; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OGILVIE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE CANCER; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

AGED; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750734677     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0088-2     Document Type: Article

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