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Utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic worsened gout |
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| Authors: | Enrico M. Zardi Emilio Filippucci Luca Navarini Antonella Afeltra |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico University, Via àlvaro del Portillo, 200-00128, Rome, Italy 2. Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedale “C. Urbani”, Via dei Colli 52, 60035, Jesi (Ancona), Italy |
| Abstract: | Ultrasound (US) may be used to diagnose chronic worsened gout. US confirmed the clinical evidence of tophaceous deposits in the left elbow of a 75-year-old man; it also identified crystalline materials on the cartilage surface of the second metacarpophalangeal joint of the left hand. US may be helpful to detect signs of deposition of monosodium urate crystals in periarticular and intra-articular joints of patients with clinically suspected chronic worsened gout. |
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