| Literature DB >> 28250885 |
Zeineb Alaya1, Walid Osman2, Houneida Zaghouani3, Nader Naouar2, Chakib Kraiem3, Elyès Bouajina1.
Abstract
Febrile cervical pain is often secondary to meningitis or spondylodiscitis and, exceptionally, to microcrystalline arthropathy. We here report a case. A 81-year old man with no particular personal history was hospitalized with febrile cervical pain. Initial diagnoses were meningitis and spondylodiscitis. Clinical examination showed overall stiffness of cervical rachis. Spinal MRI showed abnormality of the atlanto-axial articulation signal, enhanced after gadolinium injection with synovial hypertrophy associated with irregular and heterogeneous aspect of the dens of the axis. Serial atlanto-axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan showed peri-odontoid calcifications, confirming the diagnosis of crowned dens syndrome (CDS). Patient evolution was favorable under nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). CDS deserves to be better known; it can mimic many disorders and be responsible for long term fever.Entities:
Keywords: Cervical pain; cervical CT-scan; crowned dens syndrome; fever
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28250885 PMCID: PMC5321140 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.61.9315
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1IRM rachidienne en coupe sagittale: anomalie de signal de l’articulation atloïdo-axoïdienne se réhaussant après injection de gadolinium avec hypertrophie synoviale associée à un aspect irrégulier et hétérogène de la dent de l’axis
Figure 2TDM du rachis cervical en coupe axiale: présence de fines calcifications arciformes qui coiffent la dent de l’axis avec aspect irrégulier de la dent confirmant de diagnostic de SDC
Figure 3Radiographie du rachis cervical incidence C1-C2 (bouche ouverte): calcifications péri-odontoïdales