Dushan Thavarajah, Rahim Hussain, John L. Martin


October 2010, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp 231 - 234 Case Report Read Full Article 10.1007/s00586-010-1604-6

First Online: 13 October 2010

The cervical spine is a rare site where tophaceous gout has been identified. There are currently 15 described cases in the literature of gouty involvement of the cervical spine with only three cases involving only the atlanto-axial region. We add the fourth of such cases and only the second to be managed operatively.


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