ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Gout diagnosis

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A 50-year-old man presents with an acutely swollen, red, and exquisitely painful first metatarsophalangeal joint. He has a history of similar self-limiting episodes. Joint aspiration reveals needle-shaped negatively birefringent crystals. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?

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