Gouty Tophi in the Penis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Gout is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperuricemia and the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in different anatomical locations. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who received consultation for gouty tophi in the penis, which is an unusual location for this type of pathology, that...

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Autores principales: Flores Martín, José Francisco, Vázquez Alonso, Fernando, Puche Sanz, Ignacio, Berrio Campos, Raquel, Campaña Gutierrez, Miguel Angel, Cózar Olmo, José Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3403120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/594905
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author Flores Martín, José Francisco
Vázquez Alonso, Fernando
Puche Sanz, Ignacio
Berrio Campos, Raquel
Campaña Gutierrez, Miguel Angel
Cózar Olmo, José Manuel
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Berrio Campos, Raquel
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description Gout is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperuricemia and the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in different anatomical locations. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who received consultation for gouty tophi in the penis, which is an unusual location for this type of pathology, that was resolved with the surgical removal of the tophi. We provide a review on gout and its treatment as well as other locations where atypical gouty tophi have been described.
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spelling pubmed-34031202012-07-27 Gouty Tophi in the Penis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Flores Martín, José Francisco Vázquez Alonso, Fernando Puche Sanz, Ignacio Berrio Campos, Raquel Campaña Gutierrez, Miguel Angel Cózar Olmo, José Manuel Case Rep Urol Case Report Gout is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperuricemia and the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in different anatomical locations. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who received consultation for gouty tophi in the penis, which is an unusual location for this type of pathology, that was resolved with the surgical removal of the tophi. We provide a review on gout and its treatment as well as other locations where atypical gouty tophi have been described. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3403120/ /pubmed/22844632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/594905 Text en Copyright © 2012 José Francisco Flores Martín et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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