A clinical picture of chronic polyarticular tophaceous gout.
An unusual picture of polyarticular tophaceous gout is reported. It concerns a 61-year-old patient with tophaceous deposits for 30 years. Descriptive clinical and radiographic images are furnished.
Salvi
Andrea Emilio
AE
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Civil Hospital of Iseo, Brescia, Italy. andrea@orthopaedics.com
Metelli
Giovanni Pietro
GP
Domeneghini
Elio
E
Cantalamessa
Antonio
A
D000493:Allopurinol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001175:Arthrography; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D004550:Elbow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005530:Foot Deformities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006073:Gout / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D006074:Gout Suppressants; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000493:Allopurinol; C012655:nimesulide