title: Case report 732. Gout presenting as a large pseudo tumor (tophus) in the proximal end of the tibia.
abstract: A case of a large, lytic, tophaceous defect in the upper end of the tibia has been reported in a 44-year-old man as a solitary lesion. The term "gouty tophus" should not be confused with the geode or subchondral bone cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia 65212.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cope
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marsan
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Castelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology