Open AccessSepsis complicated with secondary hemophagocytic syndrome induced by giant gouty tophi rupture: A case report
Author(s) -
Bin Lai,
Zhihui Pang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i23.8224
Subject(s) - medicine , gout , sepsis , gouty arthritis , ankle , hyperuricemia , uric acid , dermatology , febuxostat , surgery
Gouty tophi are a chronic granulomatous caused by a deposition of monosodium urate crystal deposition in the body. Once broken, it may easily induce severe infection. Sepsis complicated with secondary hemophagocytic syndrome induced by gouty tophi rupture is extremely rare in the clinical setting, and no such serious complications have been reported in literature.