Auricular Solitary Gouty Tophus in a Young Adult

Abstract

A 36-year-old man presented with progressive enlargement of a nodule-like mass lesion on the right auricle for 2 years. He denied any event of trauma or insect bite injury related to the lesion. Although there had been no discomfort initially, pain, swelling, and compression tenderness during sleeping on the right side were noted as the mass increased in size. On examination, a well-circumscribed and elevated subcutaneous

Auricular Multiple Tophi Presenting as Painful Bilateral Nodules: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…6) However, a PubMed search yielded just a few articles specifically addressing ATs (Table 1). [1][2][3]5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Interestingly, all of the patients were male. Gout itself, is more common in males.…”