Acute Gout Secondary to Multiple Myeloma: A Case Report

Case Reports1 October 1954ACUTE GOUT SECONDARY TO MULTIPLE MYELOMA: A CASE REPORTDAVID BRONSKY, M.D., ARTHUR BERNSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.DAVID BRONSKY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ARTHUR BERNSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-4-820 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGout has been reported as occurring concurrently with the hyperuricemia found in leukemia1 and in polycythemia vera.2 In multiple myeloma, a condition resembling leukemia, there is also a hyperuricemia, but to our knowledge no case has been reported with concomitant acute gout. We wish to report such a case, which was further complicated by a hemorrhagic gastroenteritis following colchicine therapy.CASE REPORTA 68 year old Jewish salesman entered Cook County Hospital on July 18, 1953, complaining of a painful left knee. He stated that he had been in good health until the morning of July 5, 1953, two weeks...Bibliography1. Shorvon LM: Gout in leukemia; case, Lancet 2: 378-379, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. TinneyPolleyHallGiffin WSHFBEHZ: Polycythemia vera and gout: report of eight cases, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 20: 49-55, 1945. Google Scholar3. JacobsonWilner BMLW: The detection of urinary Bence-Jones protein, Am. J. Clin. Path. 14: 138-149, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WatsonLerner CJAB: The clinical significance of cryoglobinemia, Acta med. Scandinav. Supplement 196: 489-494, 1947. Google Scholar5. Talbott JH: Gout and gouty arthritis, 1953, Grune & Stratton, New York. Google Scholar6. BarrReaderWheeler DPGGCH: Cryoglobulinemia; report of two cases and discussion of clinical manifestations, incidence and significance, Ann. Int. Med. 32: 6-29, 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar7. TarrFerris LHW: Multiple myeloma associated with nodular deposits of amyloid in the muscles and joints with Bence-Jones proteinuria, Arch. Int. Med. 64: 820-833, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SnapperTurnerMoscovitz ILBHL: Multiple myeloma, 1953, Grune & Stratton, New York. Google Scholar9. GoodmanGilman LA: The pharmacological basis of therapeutics, 1941, The Macmillan Company, New York. Google Scholar10. Soliman T: A manual of pharmacology, 7th Ed., 1948, W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication January 25, 1954. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byClinical Aspects of Gout and Associated Disease StatesHyperuricemia and GoutHemarthrosis as the presenting manifestation of true myeloma joint diseaseThe Etiology and Pathogenesis of GoutDisorders associated with hyperuricemiaHyperuricemia in Chronic Beryllium DiseaseWILLIAM N. KELLEY, M.D., STEPHEN E. GOLDFINGER, M.D., HARRIET L. HARDY, M.D.Cancer and arthritisGoutPlasma-Cell MyelomaRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TWELFTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IICHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.ACUTE GOUT ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA*FRANK M. BLANTON, M.D. 1 October 1954Volume 41, Issue 4Page: 820-823KeywordsAcute myeloid leukemiaColchicineGastroenteritisGoutKneesMultiple myelomaPolycythemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...