Erosive polyarticular tophaceous gout: an unusually deforming and destructive presentation.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Redmond, Ciaran E. Babiker, Awad Redmond, Paul O'rourke, K.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	An 87-year-old man was referred to our rheumatology clinic for assessment of painful, swollen and deformed fingers. He had a history of longstanding, but suboptimally treated gout, which had resulted in previous amputation of his left middle finger. On examination, there was marked digital deformity. The right index finger was erythematous, with multiple tophaceous deposits (figure 1). There was a severe loss of digital flexion and extension. Radiographs of both hands demonstrated punched-out juxta-articular erosions involving the metacarpophalangeal joints bilaterally (figure 2). There was marked soft …
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DOI	10.1136/bcr-2013-202335
PubMed reference number	24326445
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	2013
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-202335.full.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-202335
Journal	BMJ case reports
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article