ABSTRACT
The case study of peripheral and axial gouty arthritis is described in a 52-year-old man without concomitant clinical evidence of tophaceus gout on physical evaluation on admission. Gout is a metabolic disorder related to excess of uric acid in the extracellular compartment, and deposition of monosodium urate crystals in the joints and other sites. Arthritis and tophi are major manifestations, which more often involve the peripheral joints asymmetrically. Chronic tophaceous gout commonly develops after a decade of recurrent polyarticular gout. With lower frequency, the axial skeleton (spine and sacroiliac region) may be affected, condition sometimes associated with additional concerns, diagnostic challenges and pitfalls. Higher suspicion index and utilization of novel radiographic tools can settle these matters. Radiographic imaging exams include plain radiography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and bone scintigraphy to show bone erosion and joint lesions characterizing the spectrum of gouty osteoarthropathy.
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Arthritis, Gouty , Hip/pathology , Arthritis, Gouty/complications , Arthritis, Gouty/diagnosis , Arthritis, Gouty/diagnostic imaging , Arthritis, Gouty/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The yellow nail syndrome is scarcely described and is characterized by dystrophic nails, pulmonary disturbances and lymphedema of extremities. A case of this syndrome is reported in an 89-year-old Brazilian woman with well-controlled diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension. Additionally to the typical syndrome, the patient also presented pincer nails and yellow-brownish chromonychia. She was admitted because of acute abdominal symptoms associated with sigmoid diverticulitis and an adjacent abscess. The imaging studies revealed pulmonary and pleural changes, in addition to pericardial effusion. Incidentally, the features of Phrygian cap gallbladder anomaly were found. Neither diverticular disease nor gallbladder disorders have been related to yellow nail syndrome. In the present case study, the synchronism between some of these conditions could be casual; but diverticular disease, cholelithiasis, and diaphragmatic hernia are associated in the Saint's triad. MÉD UIS. 2015;28(3):387-91.
El síndrome de las uñas amarillas está poco descrito y se caracteriza por uñas distróficas, trastornos pulmonares y linfedema de las extremidades. Se presenta un caso de este síndrome en una mujer brasileña de 89 años de edad con diabetes mellitus bien controlada e hipertensión arterial. Adicionalmente al síndrome típico, la paciente presentó uñas en pinza y cromoniquia amarillo-marrón. La paciente fue admitida debido a síntomas abdominales agudos asociados con diverticulitis del sigmoide y un absceso adyacente. Los estudios de imágenes revelaron cambios pulmonares y pleurales, además de un derrame pericárdico. Incidentalmente, se encontraron anomalías características de vesícula biliar en gorro frigio. Ni la enfermedad diverticular ni los trastornos de la vesícula biliar se han relacionado con el síndrome de las uñas amarillas. En el presente estudio de caso, el sincronismo entre algunas de estas condiciones podría ser casual, pero la enfermedad diverticular, colelitiasis, y hernia hiatal se asocian a esta tríada. MÉD UIS. 2015;28(3):387-91.
