Nervous system involvement in tophaceous gout is rare. Case reports of median nerve compression by tophi have been published (1). To date, compression of the spinal cord by tophi has been described only once before (2). We report a patient with spinal cord compression by tophaceous masses and eviden
Isolated thrombocytopenia induced by thalidomide in a patient with multiple myeloma: Case report and review of literature
β Scribed by H. Keshava Prasad; Varsha Kaushal; Paulette Mehta
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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