Clinical images: Three-dimensional computed tomography imaging of tophaceous gout
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Imaging of tophaceous gout: computed tomography provides specific images compared with magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography.
OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and Doppler ultrasonography (US) in providing specific images of gouty tophi. METHODS Four male patients with chronic gout with tophi affecting the knee joints (three cases) or the olecranon processes of the elbows (one case) were assessed. Crystallographic analyses of the synovial fluid or ti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.22297