Crowned Dens Syndrome and Cervical Interspinous Bursitis Mimicking Acute Meningitis

Incidence, Age and Gender of Subjects With the Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Around the Dens, and Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Crowned Dens Syndrome

“…However, nine subjects with CDS in our study II included five females and four males, which did not agree with the previous two studies [10,24]. Further, according to case reports accumulated by our Pubmed search, 11 of 22 cases with CDS were women, challenging a female predominance in CDS [2,4,5,7,8,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. To confirm a female predominance in CDS, further studies, preferably with a greater number of CDS subjects, are needed.…”

“…According to our Pubmed search (reports written in English), the mean age in patients with CDS was 78.1 years old (11 males and 11 females), supporting a significant association between CDS and old age [2,4,5,7,8,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”