[Diagnosis and therapeutic usefulness of ultrasonography in unusual gout].
We report a 72-year-old patient who presented with a third metacarpo-phalangeal arthritis of unknown origin. Ultrasonography proved to be useful to the diagnosis of gout and to initiate therapy with allopurinol in the presence of erosions. This observation adds evidence to recent reports that using a specific semiology, ultrasonography could be useful to distinguish gout from pseudo-gout.
Service de rhumatologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, Saint-Mandé, France. frederic.banal@neuf.fr
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F
Banal
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C
Garcia
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Imbert
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B
Fraboulet
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Lahutte
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Danguy des Deserts
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D
Lechevalier
D000368:Aged; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography