[Gouty encephalopathy: myth or reality?].
Case report is a 75-year old woman who presented an unexplained febrile encephalopathy with diffuse myoclonic jerks and a gout's polyarthritis. None of these etiologies was found: infectious, toxic, vascular, metabolic, hormonal, immunologic. The spectacular effect on neurologic symptoms of a treatment by colchicine alone lead us to consider that gout encephalopathy probably exists.
Alla
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Service de médecine interne, hôpital d'instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, Toulon Naval, France.
Carli
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Cellarier
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Paris
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Chagnon
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D000368:Aged; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans
D006074:Gout Suppressants; D003078:Colchicine
L/encéphalopathie goutteuse: mythe ou réalité?