Abstract
R Backstein, a Freiberg, T Haswell. A case of destructive gout in the hand. Can J Plast Surg 1993;1(2):91-94. A 49-year-old male presented with bilateral finger masses of one year duration. Radiologic findings were consistent with chronic tophaceous gout and this diagnosis was confirmed by microscopic evaluation of pathologic specimens. The patient had no prior history of acute gouty arthritis. Surgical exploration revealed tophaceous masses involving the metacarpophalangeal joint and the contents of the flexor tendon sheath of the left long finger with complete destruction of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon distal to the sublimus insertion. Gout presenting as tophaceous deposits of the finger with flexor tendon destruction has not previously been described in the literature.
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