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Multiple gouty tophi in the head and neck with normal serum uric acid: A case report and review of literatures.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Song, Yang Kang, Zi-Wei Liu, Yan |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUNDGouty tophus is rarely reported in the head and neck areas. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on multiple gouty tophi in the head and neck with normal serum uric acid (SUA) levels.CASE SUMMARYWe report a case of multiple gouty tophi in the nasal dorsal and auricle regions with normal SUA levels. The patient was admitted to the hospital with a chief complaint of recurrent nasal swelling and pain for 3 years, which was aggravated for 3 d. The patient’s SUA level had been regularly reviewed in the outpatient department and had been successfully controlled for several years. Resection of the nasal masses was performed. Cartilage from the right ear cavity was used to repair the nasal defects. The pathological report confirmed a nasal gouty tophus. No recurrence or deformity was found after a 1 year follow-up. CONCLUSIONNormal SUA cannot completely negate the diagnosis of gouty tophus, especially in some rare regions. |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC8855169 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| PubMed reference number | 35211572 |
| Journal | World Journal of Clinical Cases |
| e-ISSN | 23078960 |
| DOI | 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i4.1373 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Baishideng Publishing Group Inc |
| Publisher Date | 2022-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Subject Keyword | Gout Multiple gouty tophi Serum uric acid Hyperuricemia Nasal Case report |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |