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View larger version (63K): [in this window] [in a new window]   A 57-year-old man presented with a three-month history of cream-yellow papules of 2 to 3 mm on the pulps of his fingers on both hands (Panel A) and on his right elbow (Panel B). Ten months earlier he had undergone bilateral lung transplantation and had since been receiving multiple medications, including cyclosporine and furosemide. The serum uric acid level was 10.2 mg per deciliter (607 µmol per liter). A lesion was scraped with a scalpel with a 15 blade and smeared onto a glass slide. Polarizing microscopy revealed multiple needle-shaped crystals that were bright yellow (Panel C) and were not . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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