[Asymptomatic nodule on an elderly lady's thumb tip].
A 71-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic growing dermal tumor on her thumb. Clinical picture, ultrasound, laboratory investigations and histology were consistent with the diagnosis of gouty tophus. Pathogenesis, risk factors and therapy of tophaceous gout are discussed.
Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim.
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Felcht
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Faulhaber
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Schmieder
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Koenen
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Goerdt
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Goebeler
D000368:Aged; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
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