Abstract
Patients with diabetes and a painful, hot, swollen foot can sometimes present a diagnostic challenge. Gout can often present in a similar fashion to diabetic foot infections or acute Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy, and cases have been described where patients with Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy were misdiagnosed as having gout, leading to treatment delay. We describe a patient who presented with a painful, swollen, warm foot who did not respond to initial treatment with antibiotics. Improvement in his symptoms occurred following treatment for gout, however he then went on to develop Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy. As far as we are aware, this is the first case described in the literature where acute gout may have triggered acute Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy. It is important to bear in mind that more than one pathology may be present in a patient at the same time or may closely follow one another.
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