Tophaceous gout of the rotator cuff: A case report

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-201

  O'Leary, Sean T ^a,b   Goldberg, Jerome A ^a   Walsh, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACROMION; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOUT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; SYNOVITIS; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0037830393     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2003.24     Document Type: Article

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