title: [Surgical therapy of pronounced gout tophi in both hands. Case report].
abstract: We report an 80-year-old male patient who had been suffering from gouty arthritis for the last seven years, both hands being deformed by multiple tophaceous deposits within soft tissue and bone. Immediate surgical therapy became inevitable when a ruptured tophus led to a severe infection of the right index finger. We describe the surgical procedure as well as the pathological findings and the clinical course.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie des Krankenhauses Lainz, Wien.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Piza-Katzer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kömürcü
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reining-Festa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology