Gout as a source of sesamoid pain.
Isolated gout of a great toe sesamoid has not been described previously. We present a case of gout of the medial sesamoid in a young athlete. Because a diagnosis is often elusive in patients with sesamoid pain, it is possible that other cases of gout of a hallucal sesamoid have gone unrecognized. Consideration of this diagnosis might lead to curative medical therapy precluding the need for surgical intervention.
Mair
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Coogan
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Speer
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Hall
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D000293:Adolescent; D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006214:Hallux; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery