FINGER PAD TOPHI IN GOUT

Objective, To determine frequency and prevalence of finger pad tophace ous deposits in patients with chronic tophaceous gout. Methods. We exa mined 36 consecutive patients with chronic tophaceous gout for intracu taneous tophaceous urate deposits in the finger pads. Subjects were pa tients of outpatient clinics at 2 large university hospitals, Emery an d the University of Pennsylvania Affiliated Hospital Systems. Results. Finger pad tophaceous deposits were found in 30.5%, which was surpris ing, given how few cases are reported. Conclusion. Finger pad tophi ma y be more common than generally believed.