[CME: Crowned-Dens-Syndrome - the Chameleon of Neck Pain].

Praxis (Bern 1994)

Departement Medizin, Klinik für Innere Medizin und Fachbereich Rheumatologie, Kantonsspital Winterthur.

Published: September 2020

CME: Crowned-Dens-Syndrome - the Chameleon of Neck Pain Crowned Dens Syndrome (CDS) is a rare, under-diagnosed differential diagnosis of acute neck pain. Diagnosis is a challenge in clinical practice due to the similarity of symptoms to other diseases. Knowing this differential diagnosis of acute neck pain, unnecessary examinations and expensive therapy attempts can be avoided with a targeted approach. With this article we would like to sensitize colleagues accordingly.

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