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174554 Orthopaedics

Nodular masses have developed in the periaicular tissue of the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of the right hand of a 58-year-old man with a 10-year-history of gout. Which of the following choices best describes the characteristics of these masses?

APathognomonic lesion of chronic gout
BHistologically similar to a rheumatoid nodule
CContains weekly positives birefringent monosodium urate crystals
DAssociated with fibrinoid necrosis
Orthopaedics
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