Abstract Article history: Received 4 January 2017 Accepted 17 October 2017 Available online 24 May 2018 Introduction: Unlike other rheumatic diseases, gout is rare in women of childbearing age. Due to the low number of cases available for the study, current information is based mainly on case reports...
Abstract Pyomyositis, defined as a suppurative muscle infection, is a rare entity that is classified as tropical or non-tropical according to the geographical region. The case of a patient with a history of severe tophaceous gouty arthritis, coming from tropical wet climate in Colombia, who presented wit...
ABSTRACT Gout is considered the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in men over 40 years. The authors present a brief review of the current treatment of gout and discuss the existing pharmacological limitations in Brazil for the treatment of this disease. Although allopurinol is still the main dru...
ABSTRACT Gout is an inflammatory arthritis characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in the synovial membrane, articular cartilage and periarticular tissues leading to inflammation. Men are more commonly affected, mainly after the 5th decade of life. Its incidence has been growing with...
Abstract: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of multifactorial etiology influenced by genetic, immunological, and environmental factors. We report the case of a patient with psoriasis for more than 25 years who developed hyperuricemia and chronic tophaceous gout with unusual appearance. In psori...
Contexto: A artrite gotosa ou gota, como é popularmente conhecida, é uma doença metabólica, associada a quantidades anormais de urato no organismo e que geralmente se manifesta como uma artrite monoarticular de início agudo, tipicamente noturna, e com frequência envolvendo a primeira articulação ...
Introducción: la colchicina es una alternativa terapéutica indicada por vía oral para las crisis agudas de la gota. Se formula en tabletas de baja dosificación debido a su elevada toxicidad. Los Laboratorios Dr.A. Bjarner C.A producen las tabletas de Artrichine y se requiere de un método sencillo, p...