Clinical characteristics of tophi and its relationships with other manifestations of chronic gout at Department of Rheumatology, Bach Mai hospital
- Author:
Mai Thi Ngoc Nguyen
;
Ngoc Vinh Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gout;
tophi;
diagnosis
- MeSH:
Gout/ pathology;
therapy
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2007;53(5):119-124
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Background: Tophi is an important symptom of chronic gout. Objective: To assess clinical characteristics of topbi and its relationships with other manifestations of chronic gout. Subjects and method: A study was conducted in 65 patients diagnosed chronic gout based on Bennett and Wood criteria 1968, with tophi, treated at Department of Rheumatology, Bach Mai hospital, from December 2003 to June 2004. This was a retrospective, prospective, cross-sectional study. Results and conclusions: All patients were males and the average age was 57.8 \xb1 11.71 years. 72.3% of patients aged from 30 to 59 years. The average time of occurrence of tophi in chronic gout was 7.73 years. The mean number of tophi was 24.8 \xb1 9.4 (ranged from 1 to 70). Erosion of tophi occurred 25%. 92.9% of patients had distribution in inferiors limbs and 80.4% had superior limbs. There were relationships between number of tophi and renal lesions, distribution of tophi and number of painful joints.
