Popovich T, Carpenter J S, Rai A T, Carson L V, Williams H J, Marano G D
Department of Radiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Jun-Jul;27(6):1201-3.
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.
一名36岁女性因下肢瘫痪就诊。她既往有痛风病史。传统X线摄影和磁共振成像显示胸椎骨质侵蚀和软组织病变。氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描(FDG-PET)图像显示胸椎代谢增高性病变。CT引导下活检诊断为炎性痛风石性痛风。本病例描述了急性炎性痛风的CT、磁共振和FDG-PET成像特征。此前尚未描述该疾病的FDG-PET成像特征。