A clinical picture of chronic polyarticular tophaceous gout

Andrea Emilio Salvi (1) , Giovanni Pietro Metelli (1) , Elio Domeneghini (1) , Antonio Cantalamessa (2)

1 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
2 Department of Internal Medicine

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.

Mots clés: Gout; Urate; Tophus; Deposit; Inflammation

Andrea Emilio Salvi, Giovanni Pietro Metelli, Elio Domeneghini, Antonio Cantalamessa. A clinical picture of chronic polyarticular tophaceous gout. Rheumatology International, 2009, 30 (6), pp.829-830. ⟨10.1007/s00296-009-1317-5⟩. ⟨hal-00568321⟩