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Rachel Abuav, MD

Diagnosis

gout tophus

Body Site

elbow arm

Age

0

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo yellow

Morphology

nodule

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 74-year-old woman complained of tender nodules over her fingers, toes, and elbows for years. Although she had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, biopsy of an elbow nodule revealed the typical findings of chronic tophaceous gout.

Description

multiple grouped 2-10 mm white-yellow intradermal and subcutaneous nodules

Categories

Metabolic disorders lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) cutaneous sign of systemic disease

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9/30/2004 8:51:20

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