Gout of the Patella

Abstract

THE diagnostic features of gout were first described nearly three hundred years ago,1 but to our knowledge the case reported below is the first to involve only the patella without demonstrable lesions in other bones. One case has been presented in which the patella was involved along with many other bones.2 Case ReportA 43-year-old insurance salesman was admitted to the hospital on May 12, 1954, with the chief complaint of "painful lumps on the anterior aspect of the left knee of 4 weeks' duration." About 6 months previously he had experienced some pain in the right ankle, with swelling . . .