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In general, how does hyperuricemia occur?

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When urate concentration is elevated, blood and extracellular fluid become supersaturated with urate, & deposition of sodium urate crystals in tissues may occur

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Primary hyperuricemia

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  • results from naturally-occurring overproduction or underexcretion (or both) of uric acid
  • Can be caused as a result of Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) deficiency or Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase overactivity
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Secondary hyperuricemia

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  • Medications can induce hyperuricemia due to interference with excretion
  • Ethanol: Can lead to lactic acidosis which can block uric acid excretion
  • Ketosis: Can occur from diabetes, or with starvation
  • Renal underexcretion can be caused by: Lead poisoning (“Saturnine” gout), Renal insufficiency
  • Dietary purines can affect uric acid concentration
  • Purines of meat and fish origin may increase uric acid more than those of vegetable origin.
  • Ethanol can increase uric acid production in addition to its effect on excretion.
  • Conditions resulting in high cell turnover will increase purines
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How is uric acid formed?

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Uric acid is a product of the metabolism of purines (guanine, adenine); it is formed from xanthine by action of the enzyme xanthine oxidase

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What is helpful in the diagnosis of gout?

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  • synovial fluid

- 2015 ACR/EULAR gout classification criteria (Neogi)

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characteristics of gout synovial fluid

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  • White blood cell count Inflammatory fluid expected (usually 10,000-60,000 WBC)
  • Polarized light microscopy; MSU crystals show negative birefringence (yellow and parallel)
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2015 ACR/EULAR gout classification criteria (Neogi)

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  • Entry criterion: >= 1episode swelling, pain, or tenderness in peripheral joint or bursa
  • Sufficient criterion: MSU crystals in symptomatic joint, bursa, or tophus
  • Criteria (if sufficient criterion not met; points given for elements below. Score of >=8/23 classified as gout)
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What crystals are involved in pseudogout?

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Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition (CPPD)

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Diagnosis of pseudogout

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Need CPPD crystals for definitive diagnosis - rhomboid crystals (instead of needle shape) with weak positive birefringence