title: A clinical picture of chronic polyarticular tophaceous gout.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Civil Hospital of Iseo, Brescia, Italy. andrea@orthopaedics.com
authors.forename: Andrea Emilio
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: Giovanni Pietro
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Metelli
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Domeneghini
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantalamessa
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D006074:Gout Suppressants; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000493:Allopurinol; C012655:nimesulide