ArticleCureus2022
Spinal Cord Compression Due to Tophaceous Vertebral Gout: A Case Report.
Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Spinal Gout: A Rare but Serious Mimicker of Spinal Pathology-Report of Two Cases.Reports (MDPI) · 2025Article
- Gouty tophi in the thoracic spinal canal with incomplete paraplegia: a case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Spinal gout with intervertebral foramen infiltration: A rare case perfectly mimicking degenerative lumbar disc disease.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Article
- Understanding spinal gout: A comprehensive study of 88 cases and their clinical implications.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineReview
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Abstract
Gout tophi are deposits of urate crystals in subcutaneous tissues and joints which commonly affect the small joints of the feet and hands, causing painful arthritis. The axial skeleton is considered to be seldom affected by gout arthritis. Here we describe the clinical, MRI, and pathologic findings of a 61-year-old male patient with a previous diagnosis of gout who presented with progressive paraparesis and radicular pain. MRI showed extradural masses compressing the spinal cord and roots at two spinal levels. Two surgical interventions were performed to remove these extradural masses, which were pathologically identified as gout tophi. Pain and paraparesis had clinical improvement after surgery. This report highlights that gout can be a cause of paraparesis.
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