Abstract
A 62-year-old man with a typical history of gout was admitted to the hospital with left-sided hemiplegia. His serum uric acid level was 10.3 mg/dL, his partial thromboplastin time was 198 s, and his Hageman factor (factor XII) coagulant activity and antigen were less than 1% of normal. Aspiration of synovial fluid from his inflamed knee disclosed urate crystals and abundant leukocytes but an absence of Hageman factor antigen. The presence of acute gouty arthritis in a patient with Hageman trait challenges the role of Hageman factor in the pathogenesis of gouty arthropathy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1556-1557 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Archives of Internal Medicine |
Volume | 142 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1982 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine