Gouty panniculitis also involving the bone marrow.

© 2013 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1393 Journal Compilation © 2013 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Gout is a clinical syndrome presenting with recurrent, painful arthritis caused by deposition of monosodium urate. Urate crystal deposits are usually detected in the synovial membranes, joint capsules, articular cartilage, and periarticular tissue, and, rarely, in extra-articular areas (1). Gouty panniculitis is characterized by subcutaneous depositions of urate crystals with lobular panniculitis. We report here a case of this rare variant of gout, in a 47-year-old man who also showed characteristic depositions of crystals in the bone marrow.