title: Gouty arthritis in a female patient with mixed connective tissue disease.
abstract: Gout with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) has rarely been reported, whereas mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) with the demonstration of intra-articular monosodium urate crystals has never been reported. We describe an unusual case of MCTD (SLE-PSS) in a 37-year-old woman who developed acute gouty arthritis. Arthrocentesis and synovianalysis may be necessary to differentiate gout from the arthropathy of MCTD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid