title: Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in gout.
abstract: Gout is a frequent inflammatory disease induced by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints and extra-articular tissues. The natural history of the disease includes four different phases: asymptomatic hyperuricemia, acute attacks, intercritical phase, and chronic tophaceous gout. Imaging techniques have several applications in the diagnosis, clinical monitoring and management of the disease but particularly, musculoskeletal ultrasound is able to detect a wide set of abnormalities in gout. This review reports the most relevant findings detectable by ultrasound and the current available data in the literature regarding the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in gout..
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scirocco
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Iolanda Maria
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rutigliano
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Annacarla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finucci
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iagnocco
mesh_terms: D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006073:Gout / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*