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Research Article

Cervical myelopathy caused by pseudogout

Pages 103-104 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

A case of pseudogout manifesting as a cervical myelopathy is presented. Surgery can offer the definitive treatment with removal of the compressing crystalline mass. This diagnosis should be considered in a progressive myelopathy in the elderly person shown to have extradural compression, even in the absence of other stigmata of gout.

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