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Case Reports
Tophaceous gout of the lumbar spine mimicking infectious spondylodiscitis and epidural abscess: MR imaging findings.
- Pao-Sheng Yen, Jui-Feng Lin, Shin-Yuan Chen, and Shinn-Zong Lin.
- Department of Radiology, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
- J Clin Neurosci. 2005 Jan 1;12(1):44-6.
AbstractWe report a case of surgically proven tophaceous gout of the lumbar spine at the L5-S1 level that mimicked infectious spondylodiscitis and epidural abscess on magnetic resonance (MR) images in a 65-year-old woman. The spinal tophi were hypointense on T1-weighted images; focally and strongly hyperintense on T2-weighted images; and heterogeneously, marginally enhancing on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. The aim of this report is to emphasize the importance of considering this disease entity in the differential diagnosis of an epidural mass in a patient with chronic back pain.
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