Posttraumatic Tophaceous Gout: A Case Report and Literature Review

ACCWS December 4, 2009

Richard Simman,^a,b,∗ Brent Kirkland,^c,d and Sarah Jackson^d

Abstract

“In the field of wound care, the management of nonhealing wounds requires particular attention. Biopsy is often performed in such cases to rule out underlying malignancy; however, the differential remains broad. In the following case, we discuss a nonhealing post traumatic wound in a diabetic patient, secondary to unrecognized tophus.”

For Full Text in the archived Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601880/

Categories: Archived JACCWS, Case Study

Tags: accws, Biopsy, doctors, Gout, jaccws, Nonhealing wound, Tophus, Traumatic, Wound care, woundhealing, wounds

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