title: Gout: rare cause of hallucal sesamoid pain: a case report.
abstract: Tophaceous gout is commonly encountered and is amenable to effective medical management. A rare case of tophaceous gout in a tripartite medial sesamoid bone of the great toe is presented. Clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of hallucal sesamoid pain are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Regionalspital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P U
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Reber
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Noesberger
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006214:Hallux; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000473:pathology