Case report
Year :
2015 |
Month :
July
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Volume :
4 |
Issue :
3 |
Page :
36 - 37 |
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Cytological Diagnosis of Gouty Tophi in Two Cases with Different Clinical Presentation
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Renu Thambi, Subitha .K, Lekshmi devi, Lillykutty Pothen 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
4. Additional Professor, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
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Correspondence
Address :
Renu Thambi, Subitha .K, Lekshmi devi, Lillykutty Pothen, Dr. Renu Thambi,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Government
Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
E-mail: drrenu78@gmail.com
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| ABSTRACT | | : Gout is caused by persistent chronic hyperuricemia and is characterised clinically by relapsing and remitting attacks of joint pain. The deposition of monosodium urate crystals in and around joints, skin and soft tissue produces masses commonly referred to as tophi. Rare cases can present initially as tophaceous gout without features of arthritis. Below we report two cases clinically suspicious of neoplastic process; where cytology was diagnostic of gouty tophi. One of our cases presented as lytic lesion of bone without features of arthritis. The use of fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology in periarticular and soft tissue nodules is highlighted. |
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Keywords
: FNAC, Gout, Osteolytic lesion |
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DOI and Others
: DOI: NJLM/2015/10585:2047
Date of Publishing: Jul 01, 2015
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING IN TERESTS:
None. |
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