A man with a yellow coloured abnormality of his finger

Tomlow, B.; Swen, N.

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 157(3): A5024

2013


ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784
PMID: 23328011
Document Number: 669433
A 83-year-old man presented to the emergency department with signs of diabetes mellitus de novo and a yellow coloured abnormality of his left index finger. A plain radiograph of the left hand showed destruction of the proximal interphalangeal joint of digit II. With use of polarised light microscopy, the diagnosis 'gouty tophus' was established.

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