Tophaceous mitral value: Report of a case.
A tophus was identified in a surgically resected, prolapsed mitral value in a patient with tophaceous gout. It had the characteristic histologic pattern and contained birefringent, dichroic crystals consistent with uric acid. This represented an incidental finding.
D006073:Gout / Q000473:pathology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000601:surgery; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis
D014527:Uric Acid