[CME: Gout Ulcer: An Underrecognized Cause of Leg Ulcer and Its Most Common Differential Diagnosis]
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[CME: Gout Ulcer: An Underrecognized Cause of Leg Ulcer and Its Most Common Differential Diagnosis]
Abstract
CME: Gout Ulcer: An Underrecognized Cause of Leg Ulcer and Its Most Common Differential Diagnosis Abstract. In addition to the differential diagnosis of the leg ulcer, an entity hardly mentioned in the literature is considered, namely the gout ulcer. On the basis of a case study, newer forms of diagnosis and their significance in case of suspicion of gout ulcer are discussed.
Zusammenfassung. Neben der Differenzialdiagnose des Ulcus cruris wird eine in der Literatur kaum erwähnte Entität berücksichtigt, nämlich das Gichtulcus. Anhand einer Fallstudie wird besonders auf neuere Formen der Diagnostik und deren Wertigkeit bei Verdacht auf ein Gichtulcus eingegangen.
Keywords: Diagnostik und Unterscheidung; Gicht; Tophus; Ulcer; Ulcus; diagnosis and differential diagnosis; gout; tophus.
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