Gout Associated with Calcification of Cartilage

THE association of gout and demonstrable calcification of cartilage has received scanty mention in the medical literature. The present study demonstrates that in a high percentage of patients with gout, cartilage, especially of the knees, is calcified. This association suggests that more than a coincidental factor is involved.Review of the LiteratureFor the past forty years an increasing number of case reports have described cartilage calcification.The first report of the roentgenographic appearance of calcified meniscuses was that of Fründ1 in 1926. Two years later Werwath2 described calcification of the articular cartilage of the knee as well as of . . .