Abscess secondary to tophaceous gout: a rare cause of parotid region tumour.

We present the case of a 74-year-old woman, who came to emergency services due to the sudden appearance of a mass at the right lateral cervical level 2 days earlier. The most relevant personal history data were: diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and chronic kidney disease Stage IV (with normal serum levels of uric acid for the previous 8 years). The patient did not report fever, dysphagia, odynophagia, dyspnoea or dysphonia. However, she did indicate pain with palpation of the lesion. In the physical examination, we did not observe any other alterations at the buccal oropharyngeal, laryngeal or cavity levels. The most significant data from analyses were leukocytosis with left deviation, as well as elevated CRP; the other figures were as expected considering her base condition. Computed axial tomography (CAT) scan revealed a nodular lesion with