Table 2 Summary of articles describing involvement of non-musculoskeletal tissues or organs in gout
From: The anatomical pathology of gout: a systematic literature review
Tissue involvement | Macroscopic appearances | Light microscopic appearances | Immunohistochemistry study | Electron microscopy appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eye | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
Nose | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Paranasal area | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Middle ear | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Larynx | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Nail | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nerve | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Breast | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Heart | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Coronary artery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lung | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Small intestine | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Colon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mesentery | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pancreas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peritoneum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kidney | 14 | 37 | 3 | 2 |
Prostate | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Urinary bladder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |