Utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic worsened gout

Enrico M Zardi; Emilio Filippucci; Luca Navarini; Antonella Afeltra

doi:10.1007/s10396-013-0453-4

Utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic worsened gout

J Med Ultrason (2001). 2013 Oct;40(4):467-9. doi: 10.1007/s10396-013-0453-4. Epub 2013 May 14.

Authors

Enrico M Zardi¹, Emilio Filippucci², Luca Navarini³, Antonella Afeltra³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Àlvaro del Portillo, 200-00128, Rome, Italy. e.zardi@unicampus.it.
² Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedale "C. Urbani", Via dei Colli 52, 60035, Jesi (Ancona), Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Àlvaro del Portillo, 200-00128, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 27277463
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-013-0453-4

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.

Keywords: Arthritis; Elbow; Gout; Tophus; Ultrasonography.