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Associated giant cell tumor and tophaceous deposits in a finger pulp: a case report
Frédéric A Schuind1, Bernard Stallenberg, Myriam Remmelink
1Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|September 26, 2003
Abstract:
A case of concomitant giant cell tumor of soft tissue and tophaceous deposits within the finger pulp is presented. The local hemorrhage and increased turnover with giant cell tumor may explain the deposits of aggregated crystals of monosodium urate in this patient with hyperuricemia.