Knee locking due to a single gouty tophus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-195

  Espejo Baena, Alejandro ^a,b   Coretti, Stephan Meschian ^a   Fernandez, Jose Miguel Serrano ^a   Garcia Herrera, Jose Maria ^a   Del Pino, Joaquina Ruiz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gout; Knee; Locking; Menisci; Tophus; Urate crystals

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; GOUTY TOPHUS; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE LOCKING; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; PAIN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYNOVITIS;

DISLOCATIONS; GOUT; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URIC ACID;

EID: 30144442440     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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