[Gout in the temporomandibular joint].
A 76-year-old woman, with a medical history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension, presented herself to an oral and maxillofacial surgeon with a sudden pre-auricular swelling of the right temporomandibular joint. As a result of the atypical clinical appearance and signs of local destruction in the initial panoramic x-ray, a malign process was first eliminated from consideration. With the aid of extensive diagnostics and an open biopsy, the diagnosis of gout was established.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000378:metabolism*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed