Gout at the Rib Joints
Title: Tophaceous gout of the first costochondral
junction in a heart transplant patient
Authors: Chang PC, et al.
Publication: Skeletal Radiol. 2005 Jul 8
The author reported a case of 49-year old man with a 10 year
history of gout. He came in with a painful left first rib. A biopsy
guided by use of CT-scan (computed tomography scan) revealed an
immunological reaction to foreign materials called foreign body
giant cell reaction as well as crystal depositions or tophi consistent
with gout.
