Abstract
We report the MR features of a surgically proved cervical spine involved with gouty tophi in a patient with a long history of hyperuricemia. Tophi appeared as sharply delineated areas of low signal intensity on T1 and T2 MR images and showed intense and homogeneous signal enhancement on post-contrast images.
MeSH terms
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Arthritis, Gouty / diagnosis*
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Arthritis, Gouty / pathology
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Arthritis, Gouty / surgery
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Cervical Vertebrae* / pathology
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Cervical Vertebrae* / surgery*
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Discitis / diagnosis*
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Discitis / pathology
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Discitis / surgery
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Gout / diagnosis*
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Gout / pathology
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Gout / surgery
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Humans
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Intervertebral Disc / pathology
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Intervertebral Disc / surgery
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Spinal Osteophytosis / diagnosis*
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Spinal Osteophytosis / pathology
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Spinal Osteophytosis / surgery
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Uric Acid / metabolism