Asymptomatic Papules and Subcutaneous Nodules as First Sign of Gout

Serena Gianfaldoni; Roberto Gianfaldoni; Georgi Tchernev; Uwe Wollina; Claudio Guarneri; Massimo Fioranelli; Maria Grazia Roccia; Torello Lotti

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2017.129

Authors

Serena Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192
Roberto Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192
Georgi Tchernev Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior, Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery; Onkoderma, Private Clinic for Dermatologic Surgery, Dermatology and Surgery, Sofia 1407
Uwe Wollina Krankenhaus Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dresden, Sachsen
Claudio Guarneri Universita degli Studi di Messina - Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Dermatology, Institute of Dermatology, A.O.U. "G. Martino", Messina 98122
Massimo Fioranelli G. Marconi University, Department of Nuclear Physics, Subnuclear and Radiation, Rome
Maria Grazia Roccia University B.I.S. Group of Institutions, Punjab Technical University, Punjab
Torello Lotti Universitario di Ruolo, Dipartimento di Scienze Dermatologiche, UniversitÃ degli Studi di Firenze, FacoltÃ di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dermatology, Via Vittoria Colonna 11, Rome 00186

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2017.129

Keywords:

gout, hyperuricemia, tophi, arthropathy, cutaneous manifestations

Abstract

The authors describe a case report characterised by asymptomatic papules and non-tender subcutaneous nodules as the isolated manifestations of gout.

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