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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2024

A Tale of Two Diagnoses; Gout Vs Chronic Osteomyelitis. A Case Report.

Mashal I Khan, Wajiha Ali, Ali Javed, Saadia Haleema, Yasir Ahmed

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Mashal I KhanKhyber Medical University, Visiting Student Department of Internal Medicine United Health Services Hospitals, Johnson City, NY, USA.
Wajiha AliPGY-II, Department of Internal Medicine United Health Services Hospitals, Johnson City, NY, USA.
Ali JavedPGY-II, Department of Internal Medicine United Health Services Hospitals, Johnson City, NY, USA.
Saadia HaleemaDepartment of Pathology, Marshall University Huntington, WV, USA.
Yasir AhmedFaculty Internal Medicine United Health Services Hospitals, Binghamton NY, USA.

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Abstract

Gout can potentially be diagnosed clinically and treated, if classical symptoms are present. In some cases, gout and osteomyelitis can have similar presenting signs and symptoms and it may be difficult to differentiate just on clinical presentation, routine laboratory workup and imaging like radiography or ultrasound. Arthrocentesis can be crucial in such scenarios to differentiate the two entities as missed opportunity to treat infectious etiology can have detrimental outcomes. We present a case of patient with ankle pain and swelling treated as recurrent gout, as there were no risk factors for osteomyelitis. Arthrocentesis confirmed the diagnosis of osteomyelitis and patient was treated with intravenous antibiotics, resulting in resolution of symptoms.

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Chronic osteomyelitisGoutJoint painOsteomyelitis

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PMCPMC11221454

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