[Pleural effusion of gout].
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.
Zhang
K
K
Research Institute of Gout, 292 Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100026, China.
Liu
L
L
Han
Y
Y
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
D014527:Uric Acid