Florid Polyarticular Gout Mimicking Septic Arthritis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 262-263

  Ravi Kumar, Aravind S ^a   Bui, Chuong ^a   Szwarc, George ^a   Dixson, Hugh ^a  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Joint aspiration; Polyarticular gout; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GOUT; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1642569304     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000117889.59537.50     Document Type: Article

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