Abstract
A case of juvenile gout is reported with gradually progressive joint and sub-cortical bone destruction, terminal phalangeal bone absorption, extensive multiple soft tissue calcification, osteoporosis, flexion deformities and epiphyseal growth disturbance. Radiological follow-up examination from the age of five and a half to fifteen years is described. The initial diagnostic problem as well as the rarity of the disease and the radiological features are discussed. A case of juvenile gout is reported with gradually progressive joint and sub-cortical bone destruction, terminal phalangeal bone absorption, extensive multiple soft tissue calcification, osteoporosis, flexion deformities and epiphyseal growth disturbance. Radiological follow-up examination from the age of five and a half to fifteen years is described. The initial diagnostic problem as well as the rarity of the disease and the radiological features are discussed.
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