Gout tophus on the finger in an 90 year old female patient. Gout is a disorder of uric acid metabolism in which urate crystals deposit in the joints c

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Gout tophus on the finger in an 90 year old female patient. Gout is a disorder of uric acid metabolism in which urate crystals deposit in the joints causing painful swellings (tophi).

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