Tophaceous gout is the nonarticular deposition of monosodium urate resulting from a disorder in purine metabolism that causes an elevation of serum uric acid. Cutaneous variants of tophaceous gout include papular, nodular, ulcerative, and pustular forms.
Objective
We present a case of a 67-year-old man who presented with multiple cutaneous creamy white papules and nodules. A biopsy was taken, and a diagnosis of cutaneous tophaceous gout was made. The treatment and pathophysiology are discussed.
Conclusion
Miliarial gout is a rare form of cutaneous tophaceous gout that is treated using xanthine oxidase inhibitors such as allopurinol and febuxostat or uricosurics such as probenecid.
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