Suspected gouty tophus in a woman's breast.
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_36828
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Suspected gouty tophus in a woman's breast.
Périodique
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
ISSN
1076-1608 (Print)
ISSN-L
1076-1608
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2005
Volume
11
Numéro
5
Pages
277-279
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
A postmenopausal woman treated with diuretics for hypertension and who underwent surgery for a previous fibroadenoma of the left breast presented, in December 2003, with a sudden bloody discharge of the left nipple with local swelling, redness, and pain. Radiologic investigations revealed a well-delimited tumor under the areola. Needle aspiration disclosed many histiocytes but no bacteria. Despite improvement with antibiotics, the tumor was removed. Pathological examination shows features suggesting the tumor was a gouty tophus. Birefringent crystals were retrospectively found on the smears of the aspirated material. To our knowledge, only 3 similar cases have been reported in the literature.
Mots-clé
Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use, Biopsy, Needle, Breast/pathology, Breast Diseases/diagnosis, Breast Diseases/therapy, Female, Gout/diagnosis, Gout/therapy, Humans, Postmenopause
OAI-PMH
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
19/11/2007 12:35
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 13:24