Tophaceous gout of the lumbar spine mimicking pyogenic discitis

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-99

  Suk, Kyung Soo ^a   Kim, Ki Tack ^a   Lee, Sang Hun ^a   Park, Sung Woo ^a   Park, Yong Koo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gout; Pyogenic discitis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; COLCHICINE; GADOLINIUM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISKITIS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GIANT CELL; GOUT; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON REFLEX; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ALLOPURINOL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLCHICINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845755967     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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