Bullous tophi in gout.
Open Access
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Vol. 36 (1) , 91-93
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.36.1.91
Abstract
Two gouty patients developed bullae containing massive numbers of monosodium urate crystals. Both patients had had treatment with systemic corticosteroids. A burn precipitated one bulla, showing that local tissue injury can be a factor in tophus localization.Keywords
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