Chronic Tophaceous Gout: A case presentation, Internal Medicine Service

Authors

  • Nelson M. López Vázquez Especialista de primer grado de Medicina Interna. Asistente. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Río.
  • Surama González Pérez Especialista de primer grado en Medicina General Integral. Asistente. Metodóloga de Postgrado. Facultad de Ciencias M édicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Río.

Abstract

The present study is a case presentation admitted at Internal Medicine Service in Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Provincial Hospital in September 2007 with a diagnosis of chronic tophaceous gout. This patient presented an invalid arthritis and the presence of tophos with large dimensions provoking the articular ankylosis and significant malformations being interesting semiologically to pregraduate and postgraduate students as well as the medical staff in general because it is hard to find out patients with manifestations found in the physical examination at present due to the quickness of diagnosis and systematicity of the treatmen

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López Vázquez NM, González Pérez S. Chronic Tophaceous Gout: A case presentation, Internal Medicine Service. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 25 [cited 2025 Oct. 13];12(2):245-50. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/456

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008)

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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