Erosion of the odontoid process (differential)

Erosion of the odontoid peg can result from a number of pathological entities:

• inflammatory arthropathy
  • rheumatoid arthritis: classic
  • systemic lupus erythematosus
• crystal arthropathy
  • calcium pyrophosphate arthropathy (CPPD): relatively common
  • gout
• non-inflammatory arthropathy: osteoarthritis
• infective arthropathy
  • osteomyelitis
    • bacterial
    • tuberculosis
• metastases or primary bone tumor: rare
• hyperparathyroidism
• Down syndrome

Siehe auch:

• Tuberkulose
• Osteomyelitis
• Gicht
• Rheumatoide Arthritis
• Arthrose
• primärer Hyperparathyreoidismus
• Down-Syndrom
• systemischer Lupus Erythematodes
• Kalziumpyrophosphat-Ablagerungskrankheit

und weiter:

• muskuloskelettale Manifestationen rheumatoide Arthritis