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Carpal bone involvement in gout

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The deposition of gout tophi in the hand occurs relatively late in the disease. Involvement of carpal bone is rarely reported in the literature. We present a 40-year-old man with a long duration of gouty arthritis involving the carpal bones.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, St Stephen’s Hospital, Tiz Hazari, Delhi, 54, India

    J. Terrence Jose Jerome & Balu Sankaran

  2. Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    K. Thirumagal

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Jerome, J.T.J., Sankaran, B. & Thirumagal , K. Carpal bone involvement in gout. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 127, 971–974 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-007-0478-5

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