Neurosciences (Riyadh) 2021 Jan;26(1):93-96
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Liao), Division of Neurosurgery (Hsieh), Department of Surgery Sijhih Cathay General Hospital, from the Department of Medicine (Hsieh), School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, from the Department of Neurological Surgery (Hsieh Sun), Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, New Taipei, from the Section of Neurosurgery (Huang, Sun), Department of Surgery, Ditmanson Medical Foundation, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, and from the Department of Biotechnology (Sun), Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Pseudogout, also known as calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, is an inflammatory arthropathy that primarily occurs in the peripheral joints, such as the knee or elbow. Spinal pseudogout is uncommon, and neck pain is its most common clinical manifestation. However, cervical myeloradiculopathy as an initial presentation of pseudogout attack of the ligamentum flavum has rarely been reported in the literature. Read More