Utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic worsened gout.
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.
Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Àlvaro del Portillo, 200-00128, Rome, Italy. e.zardi@unicampus.it.
Enrico M
EM
Zardi
Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedale "C. Urbani", Via dei Colli 52, 60035, Jesi (Ancona), Italy.
Emilio
E
Filippucci
Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Àlvaro del Portillo, 200-00128, Rome, Italy.
Luca
L
Navarini
Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Àlvaro del Portillo, 200-00128, Rome, Italy.
Antonella
A
Afeltra
Arthritis; Elbow; Gout; Tophus; Ultrasonography