Although gouty arthritis is a common metabolic disorder, and the gouty tophi may be deposited in the joints and juxtaarticular connective tissue, its affliction of the axial spine is relatively rare.

• 摘要虽然痛风性关节炎为一常见之代谢异常性疾病且痛风性结石可能会陈积于关节或关节附近之结缔组织，但其脊柱侵犯仍属于相当少见。