Tophaceous gout of the first costochondral junction in a heart transplant patient

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 684-686

  Chang, Patrick C ^a   Seeger, Leanne L ^a   Motamedi, Kambiz ^a   Chan, Jessica B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Gout; Heart transplant; Thoracic wall

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; URATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; GOUT; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIRUS INFECTION;

GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STERNOCOSTAL JOINTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746919638     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0942-7     Document Type: Article

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