Gouty flexor tenosynovitis of the hand mimicking atypical mycobacterial infection

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 427-431

  Yoshihara, Yoshiki ^a,c   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^b   Matsushita, Seiji ^a   Sugita, Hideki ^a   Miki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Sakaide Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gout; Hand; Tenosynovitis; Tophus; Urate crystal

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LOXOPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FISHERMAN; GOUT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVECTOMY; TENDON SURGERY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 31144477476     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-005-0428-4     Document Type: Article

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