Case Report: Juvenile Tophaceous Gout

Gunes, Seyma; Okuturlar, YILDIZ; Yilmazer, Baris; Oner, Sibel; Harmankaya, Ozlem

doi:10.4328/jcam.3602

Case Report: Juvenile Tophaceous Gout

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Gunes S., Okuturlar Y., Yilmazer B., Oner S. Y., Harmankaya O.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, vol.6, pp.542-544, 2015 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 6
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.4328/jcam.3602
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE
Page Numbers: pp.542-544
Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Gout is a metabolic disease that manifests as recurrent arthritis. Its incidance increases with age. Clinical findings include recurrent acute arthritis, tophus at joints and tissues, uricacid stones and gouty nephropathy. Tophi is a late period complication of arthritis. In this casereport we presented a patient with early-onset juvenile tophaceous gout.