Bone erosions in patients with chronic gouty arthropathy are associated with tophi but not bone oedema or synovitis: New insights from a 3 T MRI study

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-103

  McQueen, Fiona M ^a,b   Doyle, Anthony ^c   Reeves, Quentin ^c   Gao, Angela ^c   Tsai, Amy ^c   Gamble, Greg D ^a   Curteis, Barbara ^b   Williams, Megan ^b   Dalbeth, Nicola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone oedema; DECT; Gout; MRI; Tophi

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE EDEMA; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOPHI; WRIST;

BONE OEDEMA; DECT; GOUT; MRI; TOPHI;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84890959937     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket329     Document Type: Article

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