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ReviewJournal of medical case reports2021

Tophaceous gout of the atlantoaxial joint: a case report.

Andrew Benjamin Romero, Evan Paul Johnson, John S Kirkpatrick

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Review in Journal of medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acute gouty arthritis of the atlantoaxial joint.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2025
    Article
  2. Spinal gout diagnosis in chiropractic practice: narrative review.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew Benjamin RomeroDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA. andrewromero@knights.ucf.edu.
Evan Paul JohnsonUniversity of Central Florida College of Medicine, 13025 Cordelia Lane, Apt 301, Orlando, FL, 32824, USA.
John S KirkpatrickDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA.
Florida College · USOrlando VA Medical Center · USUniversity of Central Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo report the occurrence of tophaceous gout in the cervical spine and to review the literature on spinal gout. CASE PRESENTATION: This report details the occurrence of a large and clinically significant finding of tophaceous gout in the atlantoaxial joint of the cervical spine in an 82-year-old Caucasian man with a 40-year history of crystal-proven gout and a 3-month history of new-onset progressive myelopathy. The patient's American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria score was 15.0.

conclusionSpinal gout is more common than previously thought, and it should be considered in patients who present with symptoms of myelopathy. Diagnosis can be made without a tissue sample of the affected joint(s) with tools like the ACR/EULAR criteria and the use of the "diagnostic clinical rule" for determining the likelihood of gout. Early conservative management with neck immobilization and medical management can avoid the need for surgical intervention.

Indexed as

Atlanto-Axial JointGoutRheumatologyAged, 80 and overCervical VertebraeHumansMaleUnited StatesAtlantoaxial jointCervical spineGoutNeck painRadiculopathySpineTophaceous

Identifiers

PMID33588945
PMCPMC7885401
OpenAlexW3129641513

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