title: [Pleural effusion of gout].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the lung complication of patients with gout.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laboratory, radiation and pathology examining were exerted to 11 patients with gout and lung injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Uric acid crystal was found in four patients pleural effusion and stones in two patients' spittle which were consist of monosodium urate (MSU). Uric acid salt crystal was found sputum in five patients as well as fibrosis was found in the patients' lung by radiation and pathology examination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnoses of lung complications in eleven patients with gout were reliable.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Gout, 292 Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100026, China.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications*; D013183:Sputum / Q000737:chemistry; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid