Acute Microcrystalline Arthropathy Masquerades as Infectious Discitis

Bottom Line

Consider spinal gout in the differential diagnosis of patients with chronic kidney disease, a gout history and tophi presenting with acute back pain.

Jessita Albert Messiah Dhas, MD, is a resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa.

Erik O’Connell, DO, is rheumatology fellow in the Department of Rheumatology at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa.

Lisa Schroeder, MD, is an attending physician in the Department of Rheuma­tology at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa.

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