title: A case of gouty arthritis to tophi on 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging.
abstract: We report a case of gouty arthritis with tophi that was evaluated using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography. A 77-year-old man with a history of gouty attacks was admitted with severe polyarticular pain and fever. 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/CT demonstrated focal uptake at multiple joints, including the juxta-articular soft-tissue-density masses of the elbows, and the bases of bilateral large toes. Gouty arthritis should be considered with focal 18F-FDG uptake in juxta-articular soft-tissue-density masses (tophi) with or without associated erosions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. itoukimiteru@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Kimiteru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Ryogo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minamimoto
authors.forename: Miyako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morooka
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18