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gout
Monday 23 August 2004
Digital slides
UI:859 - Interphalangeal joint of toe - Gout tophus Gouty Tophi in Sesamoid Bone of Foot by Ed Euthman.
Definition: Gout is a disorder of uric-acid metabolism.
Synopsis
gouty tophi (gouty tophus)
- The tophus represent accumulation of monosodium urate derived from chronic hyperurecemia seen in the disorder called gout.
- Surrounding chronic inflammatory cells, fibrosis, and foreign body giant cells can be noted.
Localization
gouty arthritis intestinal gouty nodulosis (#15257557#)
Susceptibility loci
4q25 (#15252757#)
