Chronic tophaceous gout is characterized by tophi, an accumulation of urate crystals that appear like lumps under the skin.

microscopic analysis of an aspirate from a finger tophus. Diagnosis Tophaceous gout associated with urate nephropathy in a patient intolerant to allopurinol. Management Acute polyarthritis was ...

In this study, just over 15% of participants with gout for less than 10 years had tophaceous disease. Creatinine clearance was the major factor independently associated with early presentation ...