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- A 54-year-old man with multiple health issues presented to the emergency department with severe pain and swelling in various body parts, fever, and signs of possible infection.
- He was initially treated for septic pyelonephritis with antibiotics, but imaging and infectious tests showed normal results, and his condition didn't improve.
- After consulting rheumatology, he was treated for what turned out to be a polyarticular gout flare, emphasizing the need for specialist involvement in diagnosing complex cases.
Article Abstract
A 54-year-old man with a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, nonischemic cardiomyopathy, osteoarthritis, and gout presented to the emergency department (ED) with dysuria, painful scrotal swelling, severe bilateral flank pain, back pain, atraumatic right arm (elbow and distally) pain and swelling, and bilateral knee pain. His physical exam was notable for fever, tachycardia, bilateral costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness, exquisite pain, erythema, and swelling of bilateral knees and the right arm (elbow and distally). He met Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria, was placed on Ceftriaxone for presumed septic pyelonephritis, and was admitted to the medicine team. With initially unremarkable imaging studies, the differential diagnosis was broadened, and subsequent infectious workups yielded grossly normal results. At the end of hospital day one, the patient remained febrile and without symptomatic improvement. Rheumatology was consulted and empirically treated; the patient with a dose of Anakinra due to concerns about a polyarticular flare of crystalline arthropathy. Subsequent arthrocentesis confirmed a final diagnosis of a polyarticular gout flare. This case highlights the diagnostic challenges a polyarticular gout flare poses and the importance of early involvement of specialists for prompt recognition, treatment, and avoidance of unnecessary interventions.
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