Ultrasound features of tophi in chronic tophaceous gout

• Published in: Skeletal radiology Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 309 - 315
• Main Authors: de Ávila Fernandes, Eloy, Kubota, Edson S., Sandim, Gabriel B., Mitraud, Sônia A. V., Ferrari, Antonio J. L., Fernandes, Artur R. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Chronic Disease; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Gout; Gout - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Imaging; Inflammatory joint diseases; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Nuclear Medicine; Orthopedics; Osteoarticular system. Muscles; Pathology; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Radiology; Reproducibility of Results; Scientific Article; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasonography - methods; Hyperuricemia; Diagnosis; Ultrasound; Joints; Gout; Nuclear medicine; Skin disease; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Metabolic diseases; Uric acid; Joint; Microcristalline arthropathy; Chronic; Orthopedics; Tophus; Purine; Microcrystal

Objective To describe the different and lesser-known ultrasound features of tophi in chronic tophaceous gout. Methods Ultrasound images of 138 affected areas were analyzed from 31 patients with gout, using high-quality broadband linear transducers (frequency range of 8–14 MHz). Tophi were classified...