Acute Severe Inflammatory Lumbar Spinal Pain Induced by Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals: Computed Tomography Is Everything
Acute back pain with neurological symptoms is a medical emergency. Here we report a case of severe degenerative spine disease with raised inflammatory markers due to an atypical cause.
Authors
- Eoin C. Kavanagh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-5700)
- Géraldine McCarthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4078-8499)
- Abuelmagd Abdalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5596-4726)
- C Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1250-5172)
Institutions
- Mater Misericordiae Hospital (AU)
- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Rheumatology
- Published
- 2024-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2024-0555
- Primary Topic
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00