Jolt accentuation of neck pain: a novel physical finding for crowned dens syndrome
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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: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-217128