Tophaceous gout of the first costochondral junction in a heart transplant patient.
We report the case of a 49-year-old man with a 10-year history of gout, who presented with a painful left first costochondral junction mass. A computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy of the mass revealed foreign body giant cell reaction and crystalline deposition consistent with tophaceous gout.
Chang
Patrick C
PC
Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 165-57, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6952, USA.
Seeger
Leanne L
LL
Motamedi
Kambiz
K
Chan
Jessica B
JB
D006073:Gout / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013248:Sternocostal Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D006074:Gout Suppressants