Crowned dens syndrome: Caution about asymptomatic calcification
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چکیده
An 88-year-old man developed fever, headache, and posterior neck pain resistant to initial therapy.
منابع مشابه
Crowned dens syndrome.
acute fever, occipital pain and neck stiffness. His medical history included pseudogout of the right knee, which was confirmed by the presence of chondrocalcinosis on a radiograph and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in fluid obtained by arthrocentesis. His mentation was normal, and he had limited cervical motion in all directions. His erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 100 mm/h, and hi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0891-1150', '1939-2869']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20184