A 6-year-old girl with gout: a case report and another unusual presentation
Shengyou Yu, Junbo Liang, Qi Ren · 2024
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Shengyou Yu, Junbo Liang, and Qi Ren report an unusual case of gout in a young child in this 2024 paper. Gout is a painful joint disease most common in adults, and it is rare before age ten. The patient was a six-year-old girl with swelling in her right foot.
The swelling was misread several times before doctors named gout as the cause. She had no clear symptoms beyond the swelling, which made the case easy to miss. Treatment brought marked improvement, and later checks showed no return of the problem. The authors discuss gene and body-chemistry factors behind such early gout. They urge children's doctors to keep gout in mind and to use clearer rules for spotting it early.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shengyou Yu, Junbo Liang, Qi Ren |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |