SPINAL INVOLVEMENT IN GOUT

Authors
STAUBSCHMIDT T CHAOUAT A REY D BLOCH JG CHRISTMANN D
Citation
T. Staubschmidt et al., SPINAL INVOLVEMENT IN GOUT, Arthritis and rheumatism, 38(1), 1995, pp. 139-141
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Arthritis and rheumatism → ACNP
ISSN journal
00043591
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
139 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-3591(1995)38:1<139:SIIG>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A 45-year-old man with severe gout was admitted to the hospital becaus e of Staphylococcus aureus septicemia, He had also a biclonal dysglobu linemia, without signs of myeloma. An asymptomatic lytic lesion of the left pedicle of L5 was discovered on radiographs. Histologic examinat ion of the biopsied lesion showed typical tophaceous gout.