Acute Gouty Arthropathy Mimicking Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Acute gouty arthritis in a patient after total knee arthroplasty

“…If we had not aspirated the joint, looked for evidence of gouty arthritis and ruled out infection, we would not have been able to establish the diagnosis of gout and would have exposed our patient to the risks of revision. Acute gouty arthropathy mimicking infection after TKA has also been reported by others [8,9].…”

Crystal Arthropathy following Knee Arthroplasty: A Review of the Literature

“…Joint movements were universally restricted on admission across the studies reviewed, and this was more pronounced amongst pseudogout patients with a mean reported range of motion of 57°, see table 3. [12] P Blyth & V S Pai [13] M J Archibeck et al [14] G Roberts [15] L Crawford et al [16] J C Rompen et al [17] J W Salin et al [18] J S Berger et al [19] S K Fokter et al [20] M T Freehill et al [21] A Zadaka et al [22] S Soloway [23] [25] G Holt et al [26] C Hirose & R Wright [27] P Sonsale et al [28] J L Carter et al [29] T Hunte et al [30] K Koyama et al [31] G Levi et al [32] K Harato& H Yoshida [33] Article Type Case Series ( …”

Joint Clinical Consensus Statement of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons® and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners®: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Consensus for Gouty Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle

“…Crawford et al reported on a case of acute gouty attack 3 months after a TKA in a patient with no prior history of gout (146). In another study, a patient with history of pedal gout developed an acute gout of his knee 2 years after a TKA (147).…”