title: [Space-occupying lesion of the thyroid cartilage].
abstract: A 46-year-old patient had had a slowly growing progressive but painless prelaryngeal space-occupying lesion for approximately 1 year. In addition there was also a longstanding hyperuricemia with gout tophi on the metatarsal basal joints 1-5 of both hands. The extirpated tumor proved to be a gout tophus by histological examination. Although this is a rare occurrence it should be considered as the possible cause of a tumor if there is a corresponding case history.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Deutschland. enderoeztuerk@yahoo.de
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bankfalvi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lehnerdt
mesh_terms: D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000473:pathology*