Spinal Cord Compression by Tophaceous Gout with Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron-Emission Tomographic/MR Fusion Imaging

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American Journal of Neuroradiology 2006-06, Vol.27 (6), p.1201-1203
Hauptverfasser:	Popovich, T, Carpenter, J.S, Rai, A.T, Carson, L.V, Williams, H.J, Marano, G.D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gout - complications Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Nervous system Perception Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry Radiopharmaceuticals Spinal Cord Compression - diagnosis Spinal Cord Compression - diagnostic imaging Spinal Cord Compression - etiology Spinal Stenosis - diagnosis Spinal Stenosis - diagnostic imaging Spinal Stenosis - etiology Spine Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology Tomography, Emission-Computed Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vision
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0195-6108 1936-959X 1432-1920