Dengue, COVID-19 and gout, an uncommon association

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Keywords:

dengue, Sar-Cov-2 coronavirus, COVID-19, gout

Abstract

The current world medical panorama is focused on the control of COVID-19. The disease occurs more frequently in patients with chronic diseases and can be associated with other viral diseases; in this situation, the risk of serious complications in patient’s increases. To present the clinical manifestations present in a patient with gout in whom dengue and COVID-19 coexist. A 50-year-old male patient is presented with a diagnosis of gouty arthropathy of 5 years of evolution that begins with an atypical inflammatory picture for this disease, accompanied by other clinical manifestations such as marked decay, hemorrhagic skin lesions, hematuria and progressive dyspnea. Dengue and COVID-19 diagnosis is made through serological studies. It is important to know the joint pattern in the course of rheumatic diseases, this, together with the prevailing epidemiological characteristics, facilitates the diagnosis of association of different diseases as occurred in the case presented.

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Jorge Luis Valdés González, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador.

Especialista en Dermatología

Elda María Valdés González, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo

Especialista en Medicina General Integral

Urbano Solis Cartas, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo. Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo.

MSc. Especialista de 1er Grado en Medicina General Integral y Reumatología.

Sara Fernanda Sigcho Romero, Centro dermatocosmético ORAL-DERM, Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador.

Cosmetóloga

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2020-12-30

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Valdés González JL, Valdés González EM, Solis Cartas U, Sigcho Romero SF. Dengue, COVID-19 and gout, an uncommon association. Rev. cuba. de Reumatol. [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 30 [cited 2025 Dec. 24];22(4 Extra.):e176. Available from: https://revreumatologia.sld.cu/index.php/reumatologia/article/view/871

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Vol. 22 No. 4 Extra. (2020): Octubre-Diciembre

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Studies of cases

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