Chronic tophaceous gout (CTG) is an independent risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to study results presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), held from May 6 to 9, 2023 in Chicago ...

Clinicians need systematic approaches to treatment-refractory gouty arthritis and tophaceous disease (particularly with erosive, destructive chronic arthritis), including strategies to tackle ...

There are only a few case reports that are published so far, indicating that there is increased production of calcitriol in patients with chronic tophaceous gout similar to the mechanism that ...

Without treatment, gout can become a chronic condition and increase your risk of developing tophi and joint damage. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia You have an abundance of uric acid in your blood ...

Most cases of gout respond to nonsurgical management. However, the condition may progress to a more severe form called chronic tophaceous gout, when uric acid crystals form masses of white growths ...

This is an uncommon form of gout caused by uric acid crystal deposition in the joints, tendons, and other soft tissues. Chronic tophaceous gout usually develops after a long period of time.

Patients with confirmed tophi and more frequent acute gout attacks ... patients who reported symptoms of inadequately controlled chronic gout (similar to refractory chronic gout), defined here ...

A 53-year-old man had chronic tophaceous gout of 15 years' duration. The past history was positive for active pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 23 that subsequently became arrested. Repeated ...

Tophi are firm, painless yellow lesions that form in and around the joints in people with advanced gout. They have a uric acid (monosodium urate) core, and the skin that covers them can become ...