Spinal cord compression by tophaceous gout with fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomographic/MR fusion imaging.

نویسندگان

  • T Popovich
  • J S Carpenter
  • A T Rai
  • L V Carson
  • H J Williams
  • G D Marano
چکیده

A 36-year-old woman presented with lower extremity paralysis. Her past medical history included gout. Conventional radiography and MR imaging revealed bone erosion and soft tissue lesions of the thoracic spine. Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomographic (FDG-PET) images revealed hypermetabolic lesions of the thoracic spine. A CT-guided biopsy was diagnostic for inflammatory tophaceous gout. This case describes the CT, MR, and FDG-PET imaging characteristics of acute inflammatory gout. FDG-PET imaging characteristics of this disorder have not been previously described.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 27 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006