Pseudotumor of gout in the patella of a kidney transplant recipient

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 345-349

  Staub Zähner, Tanja ^a   Garzoni, Daniela ^b   Fretz, Christian ^a   Lampert, Christoph ^a   Öhlschlegel, Christian ^a   Wüthrich, Rudolf P ^c   Fehr, Thomas ^c  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gout; Immunosuppression; Patellar tumor; Renal insufficiency; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AZATHIOPRINE; BENZBROMARONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT BIOPSY; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT SWELLING; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLAR PSEUDOTUMOR OF GOUT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR;

ADULT; GOUT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATELLA;

EID: 34249701280     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0494     Document Type: Article

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