Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease of the cervical and thoracolumbar spine: A report of two cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spinal calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) is uncommon, and often resembles more common spine pathologies causing pain and neural compression. Here, we present two unusual cases of CPPD of the cervical and thoracolumbar spines.

Case description

Case 1: A 71-year old female smoker presented with a large epidural mass causing rapidly progressive cervical myelopathy with weakness in the upper and lower extremities.Case 2: A 66-year-old morbidly obese male presented with chronic back pain for several years associated with progressively worsening radicular pain in his left lower extremity.

Outcome

The first case is an example of tumoral CPPD involving the facet joint and expanding into the epidural space. The second case was an example of CPPD involv

SUBMITTER: Moon AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8819963 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature