Open AccessSpinal gout: A review with case illustration
Author(s) -
Hossein Elgafy,
Xiaochen Liu,
Joseph S. Herron
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-5836
DOI - 10.5312/wjo.v7.i11.766
Subject(s) - medicine , gout , neck pain , uric acid , magnetic resonance imaging , low back pain , tophus , surgery , back pain , laminectomy , radiology , spinal cord , pathology , hyperuricemia , alternative medicine , psychiatry
To summarize clinical presentations and treatment options of spinal gout in the literature from 2000 to 2014, and present theories for possible mechanism of spinal gout formation.