Summary
Four patients with a simultaneous occurrence of psoriasis and gout are described. These cases were selected out of a group of 108 gouty in-patients. Clinical and laboratory findings in the reported patients are briefly outlined and this association of diseases is described from the viewpoint of differential diagnosis.
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