Intestinal pseudotumorous gouty nodulosis: a colonic tophus without manifestation of gouty arthritis

Hum Pathol. 2004 Jul;35(7):897-9. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.04.003.

Abstract

A 37-year-old black woman with nephritis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus, steroid-induced diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with fever, nausea, vomiting, and right upper quadrant abdominal pain with distension. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a colonic mass, and CT- guided fine-needle aspiration demonstrated birefringent crystalline material. After several weeks of antibiotic therapy, the patient underwent laparoscopic examination followed by extended right hemicolectomy for a large mass in the subserosa of the transverse colon. Pathological examination of this mass revealed it to be a gouty tophus. To our knowledge, no case of tophaceous gout presenting as an intestinal mass has previously been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Gouty / complications
  • Arthritis, Gouty / metabolism
  • Arthritis, Gouty / pathology*
  • Colectomy
  • Colon / metabolism
  • Colon / pathology*
  • Colon / surgery
  • Colonic Diseases / etiology
  • Colonic Diseases / pathology*
  • Colonic Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology
  • Intestinal Obstruction / pathology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uric Acid / metabolism*

Substances

  • Uric Acid