Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two Cases
Introduction. Tophaceous gout of the patella is rare and may masquerade as a tumour or tumour-like condition. Cases. We report two patients with gout involving the patella, one complicated by a pathological fracture and the other occurring in a bipartite patella in a young adult. Discussion. Typical...
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| description | Introduction. Tophaceous gout of the patella is rare and may masquerade as a tumour or tumour-like condition. Cases. We report two patients with gout involving the patella, one complicated by a pathological fracture and the other occurring in a bipartite patella in a young adult. Discussion. Typical imaging appearances and measurement of serum urate will usually confirm the diagnosis but, occasionally, the serum urate level may be normal in active gout and in such cases, a biopsy will be required. Conclusion. Gout of the patella may masquerade as a tumour or tumour-like condition and it is important to consider gout in the differential diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e39dc0f219fa4610b898224abb70a7642025-08-20T03:26:31ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972012-01-01201210.1155/2012/253693253693Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two CasesGraeme Hopper0Sanjay Gupta1Sarath Bethapudi2David Ritchie3Elaine MacDuff4Ashish Mahendra5Trauma and Orthopaedics, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, UKTrauma and Orthopaedics, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, UKRadiology, Glasgow Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT, UKRadiology, Glasgow Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT, UKPathology, Glasgow Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT, UKTrauma and Orthopaedics, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, UKIntroduction. Tophaceous gout of the patella is rare and may masquerade as a tumour or tumour-like condition. Cases. We report two patients with gout involving the patella, one complicated by a pathological fracture and the other occurring in a bipartite patella in a young adult. Discussion. Typical imaging appearances and measurement of serum urate will usually confirm the diagnosis but, occasionally, the serum urate level may be normal in active gout and in such cases, a biopsy will be required. Conclusion. Gout of the patella may masquerade as a tumour or tumour-like condition and it is important to consider gout in the differential diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/253693 |
| spellingShingle | Graeme Hopper Sanjay Gupta Sarath Bethapudi David Ritchie Elaine MacDuff Ashish Mahendra Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two Cases Case Reports in Rheumatology |
| title | Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_full | Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_fullStr | Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_short | Tophaceous Gout of the Patella: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_sort | tophaceous gout of the patella a report of two cases |
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