Gout with auricular tophi following anti-tuberculosis treatment: a case report

Auricular tophi are firm deposits of monosodium urate in crystal form, which may slowly develop in subcutaneous tissue of the ear. Ear is not usual locations for gout tophi, but when this growth does occur, helix and the antihelix are common sites. We present a 64-year-old man who had multiple painl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC research notes 2013-11, Vol.6 (1), p.480-480, Article 480
Hauptverfasser:	Chang, Hsin-Jen, Wang, Pa-Chun, Hsu, Ying-Chieh, Huang, Shih-Hung
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antitubercular Agents - adverse effects Biopsy Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnosis Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology Care and treatment Case Report Case studies Diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Ear Auricle - pathology Epidermal Cyst - diagnosis Epidermal Cyst - pathology Gout Gout - chemically induced Gout - diagnosis Gout - pathology Humans Male Middle Aged Rheumatoid Nodule - diagnosis Rheumatoid Nodule - pathology Risk factors Sarcoma, Kaposi - diagnosis Sarcoma, Kaposi - pathology Skin Squamous cell carcinoma Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy Uric Acid - metabolism
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