Tophaceous gout.
Durga NeupaneNimesh LagejuLokesh Shekher JaiswalNarendra PanditAsim MahatSaransh GhimireUpendra PokhrelSefali KoiralaPublished in: Clinical case reports (2024)
Hyperuricemic patients (≥7.8 mg/dL) can develop polyarticular tophaceous gout from intermittent arthritis if untreated. Acute flares and tophi development can be avoided by lowering blood urate levels with xanthine oxidase inhibitors.
Keyphrases
- uric acid
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- liver failure
- metabolic syndrome
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- respiratory failure
- patient reported outcomes
- hepatitis b virus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation