Pathologic Hip Fracture by Virtue of a Rare Osseous Manifestation of Gout: A Case Report.

CASE: A 76-year-old woman without a personal or family history of gout presented with complaints of left hip pain after a mechanical fall from her wheelchair. Advanced imaging revealed a nonspecific lesion and nondisplaced fracture of the femoral neck. Intraoperative biopsy from the lesion/fracture demonstrated tophaceous gout.

CONCLUSION

Fractures resulting from osseous manifestations of the gout are rare with this report describing a hip fracture secondary to tophaceous gout. We emphasize the importance of including this potential etiology in the differential diagnosis of elderly patients presenting with hip pain, with or without a known history of gout.