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Tophaceous gout of the first costochondral junction in a heart transplant patient

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We report the case of a 49-year-old man with a 10-year history of gout, who presented with a painful left first costochondral junction mass. A computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy of the mass revealed foreign body giant cell reaction and crystalline deposition consistent with tophaceous gout.

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  1. Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 165-57, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6952, USA

    Patrick C. Chang, Leanne L. Seeger & Kambiz Motamedi

  2. Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Jessica B. Chan

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Chang, P.C., Seeger, L.L., Motamedi, K. et al. Tophaceous gout of the first costochondral junction in a heart transplant patient. Skeletal Radiol 35, 684–686 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-005-0942-7

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