Application of musculoskeletal ultrasound in gouty arthritis

Gout is a representative inflammatory arthritis with an increasing incidence in recent years. may be accompanied by chronic course which sodium urate crystals are continuously deposited to form gout nodules if proper uric acid management not performed after acute symptom onset. In the past, invasive method was applied diagnose gout, but development of various imaging modalities has prompted attempts non-invasive method. Among these, ultrasound examination patient-friendly examination, relatively convenient perform outpatient setting, and can used for treatment evaluation. Therefore, this thesis, findings investigated actual treatment.