Intra-abdominal gout mimicking pelvic abscess

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-233

  Chen, Chia Hui ^a,b   Chen, Clement Kuen Huang ^a,b   Yeh, Lee Ren ^a,b   Pan, Huay Ban ^a,b   Yang, Chien Fang ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bursa; CT; Gout; Intra abdominal; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GOUT; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HIP; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RARE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URIC ACID;

EID: 15944380756     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0827-1     Document Type: Article

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