Medical Must-See: Suspected septic arthritis masks unique case of gout
The patient's history included biannual gout attacks that only affected his fifth toe.
Australian doctors have reported an unusual case of mimicry — suspected septic arthritis that turned out to be the first reported incidence of axial crystal arthropathy.
Their 78-year-old patient presented to St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne with a fever, worsening back pain, lower limb weakness and new urinary incontinence.
