Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report

Gout is a common disease, and its prevalence is increasing. After several years of untreated gout, in very rare cases tophi may cause a spontaneous fracture. This type of fracture may be difficult to distinguish from others, especially when gout is not yet diagnosed. We present a case of a pathologi...

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Autores principales: Ménez, Ophélie, De Saint Aubain, Nicolas, De Angelis, Riccardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10347027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37456419
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40400
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description Gout is a common disease, and its prevalence is increasing. After several years of untreated gout, in very rare cases tophi may cause a spontaneous fracture. This type of fracture may be difficult to distinguish from others, especially when gout is not yet diagnosed. We present a case of a pathological fracture caused by tophus in a young man, which led to the diagnosis of gout.
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spelling pubmed-103470272023-07-15 Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report Ménez, Ophélie De Saint Aubain, Nicolas De Angelis, Riccardo Cureus Radiology Gout is a common disease, and its prevalence is increasing. After several years of untreated gout, in very rare cases tophi may cause a spontaneous fracture. This type of fracture may be difficult to distinguish from others, especially when gout is not yet diagnosed. We present a case of a pathological fracture caused by tophus in a young man, which led to the diagnosis of gout. Cureus 2023-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10347027/ /pubmed/37456419 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40400 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ménez et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ménez, Ophélie
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Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report
title Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report
title_full Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report
title_short Spontaneous Fracture of the Fifth Metatarsal Secondary to Gout Tophus in a Young Patient: A Case Report
title_sort spontaneous fracture of the fifth metatarsal secondary to gout tophus in a young patient: a case report
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10347027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37456419
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40400
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