Surgical Site Gout 12 Years After an Achilles Tendon Repair: A Case Report.

Case: We report a 58-year-old woman with no history of gout who subsequently developed gouty tophi around retained suture material identified 12 ½ years after repair of a ruptured Achilles tendon. The patient had intermittently developed an apparent postsurgical infection at and around the incision site. She had normal uric acid levels.

Somatic and germline expression of piwi during development and regeneration in the marine polychaete annelid Capitella teleta.

Background: Stem cells have a critical role during adult growth and regeneration. Germline stem cells are specialized stem cells that produce gametes during sexual reproduction. Capitella teleta (formerly Capitella sp.

Evolutionary dynamics of the wnt gene family: a lophotrochozoan perspective.

The wnt gene family encodes a set of secreted glycoproteins involved in key developmental processes, including cell fate specification and regulation of posterior growth (Cadigan KM, Nusse R. 1997. Wnt signaling: a common theme in animal development.