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.
Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 165-57, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6952, USA.
Patrick C
PC
Chang
Leanne L
LL
Seeger
Kambiz
K
Motamedi
Jessica B
JB
Chan
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