PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Popovich, T.
AU  - Carpenter, J.S.
AU  - Rai, A.T.
AU  - Carson, L.V.
AU  - Williams, H.J.
AU  - Marano, G.D.
TI  - Spinal Cord Compression by Tophaceous Gout with Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron-Emission Tomographic/MR Fusion Imaging
DP  - 2006 Jun 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1201--1203
VI  - 27
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/6/1201.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/6/1201.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 Jun 01; 27
AB  - Summary: 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.