Her general practitioner diagnosed gouty arthritis because of a high serum uric-acid level (600 µmol/l; normal range 270–380 µmol/l) coexistent with tophi in her hands, and initiated ...

Treatment can help reduce symptoms and prevent future attacks, chronic gout, and tophi. Surgery is rarely needed to treat gout in the thumb, but it may be needed if joint damage related to tophi ...

MDedge News, December 15, 2022 ACR 2022 Intensive Gout Treatment Meets Urate Goal, Lowers Tophi Burden The second randomized trial of therapy to intensively lower urate for patients with gout ...