Diagnosis: Gout
Description: Maggots on a gouty tophus
Morphology: Nodule discharging
Site: Foot,dorsum
Sex: M
Age: 70
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ian McColl
Differential DiagnosisHistory:
Patient of Dr J Maitland - Seventy year old man presents with painful big toe. What is the differential diagnosis and how would you manage it? Yup maggots in an infected gouty tophus Comorbids; NIDDM, PVD ( had fem pop bypass and stents), IHD, OA hips and knees, COPD
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