Acute Severe Inflammatory Lumbar Spinal Pain Induced by Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals: Computed Tomography Is Everything.
Abuelmagd AbdallaColm ByrneEoin C KavanaghGeraldine M McCarthyPublished in: The Journal of rheumatology (2024)
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.
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