Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Aile Hekimliği AD, Diyarbakır

Gout disease is a common reason for acute arthritis cases. It can appear in different clinical versions. Recurring acute arthritis attacks, formation of tophaceus around the joint and other connective tissue (especially seen at the first metatarsophalangeal joint and earlobe), uric acid stones and gout nephropathy are the most commonly encountered. Besides it has been seen in elder ages and on men with 95% rates, when it is identified on women, the 90% of them are post-menopausal women. As well as causing the renal disease, it has been told that the gout could contribute the development of the chronic renal failure. However, it has not done a certain distinction regarding the facts that the gout has expanded related to chronic renal failure and the nephropathy growth after the gout in literature works. In this case, the progress of nephropathy with hipopotasemia on a post-menopause woman who has got chronic tophaceus gout and chronic renal failure has been found important to be discussed.