Difficult diagnosis of gout: The benefit of dual energy computed tomography, initial experience in routine clinical practice

Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-23

  Löckmann, Vera ^a,b   Veit Haibach, Patrick ^c   Schmid, Lukas ^d  

^a Luzerner Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Centramed   (Switzerland)

^c LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Division of Rheumatology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dissolved urate crystals; Dual energy computed tomography; Gout; Urate deposits

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID; URATE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INDEX FINGER; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT EFFUSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TENOSYNOVITIS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84896712157     PISSN: 20367511     EISSN: 2036752X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/rr.2013.e5     Document Type: Article

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