Gout in a Seventeen Year Old Girl

Malignant Gout with Tophaceous Small Intestine and Megaloblastic Anaemia

“…There was a strong family history of gout and her father had also suffered from recurrent podagra since youth. Claiborne (1940) reported gout in a 14-year-old girl with recurrent swelling of the knee joints, usually provoked by minor injuries. The serum uric acid was 7-5 mg./100 ml.…”

Gout and Cerebral Palsy in a Three-year-old Boy

“…The maximum incidence of gout is in the fifth decade, and it declines in frequency in youth and age. Examples of gout in young persons are described by Claiborne (1940) at 17 years, Bernstein (1947) at 12, 14 and two at 16, Berk (1948) at 11 and Flinchum and Powers (1951 Nordmann and Hohne (1951) in a child of 12; Morgano and Zino (1953) and Lambie (1940) also report cases. Jeune, Charrat and Bertrand (1957) describe two interesting cases of chronic liver disease associated with a high blood uric acid, one of whom suffered from gout.…”

Juvenile gout.

“…References in the 20th century, describing males, with the patient's age at onset of gout in square brackets, include: Mayer von Schopf (1930) [5 wks]; Berk (1948) Claiborne (1940) [14]; Rauch (1950) a 23-year-old female who developed gout in the hands at the age of 31 years; Recht (1954) a 27-year-old woman who had suffered acute gout from the age of 5; Coodley (1958) [11].…”