Atypical gouty tophus masquerading as a foreign body granuloma

• Main Authors: Farhana Omar (Author), Abu Mansor Matardiah Nor Hashimah (Author), Ab Wahab Suhaila (Author), Farhana Mohammad Mohaidin (Author), Azman Ali Raymond (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Subcutaneous nodular lesions in a patient with significantly elevated inflammatory markers always raise the possibility of infectious diagnoses such as atypical infection, pyogenic abscess, mycobacterial infection, and malignancy. Definitive diagnosis requires tissue biopsy and histopatholo...