Rinshō shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology
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Review Case Reports
[Two patients with pseudogout manifested by severe neck pain].
We reported 2 patients with pseudogout manifested by severe posterior neck pain. Patient 1 was a 78-year-old woman. She had experienced attacks of posterior neck pain several times for 4 years. ⋯ The ligamenta flava at the level of C3-C6 and transverse ligament of the atlas are most commonly involved. Pseudogout of the cervical spine should be considered as a differential diagnosis when we examine the elderly patients with back neck pain. Cervical spinal CT is the most sensitive and useful examination to diagnose this disease.