Monoarticular gout: Cytological diagnosis

Cytological Diagnosis of Chronic Topaceous Gout without Clinical Arthritis

Multiple subcutaneous periarticular nodules can be because of various causes which include rheumatoid nodules, ganglion cysts, pigmented villonodular synovitis, synovial chondromatosis and synovial sarcoma [5]. Gouty tophus is also an important differential diagnosis. Clinically its diagnosis can be difficult in cases of unusual presentations in the absence of arthritis and / or hyperuricemia. ...

Gout: Diagnosis and management

Gout is a heterogeneous group of diseases resulting from monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition in tissues or from supersaturation of uric acid in extracellular fluids. Clinical manifestations include 1) Recurrent attacks of articular and periarticular inflammation, also called gouty arthritis; 2) Accumulation of articular, osseous, soft tissue, and cartilaginous crystalline deposits, called...

Criteria for gout diagnosis?

Diagnosis of gout by ultrasound.

OBJECTIVES To establish the usefulness of ultrasonography (US) for diagnosing gout and to determine whether there are sonographic features that are characteristic for gout but not for other arthropathies. METHODS We retrospectively compared joint images of gout patients with matching images from patients with other rheumatic conditions. Images of 37 joints of 23 patients with monosodium urate...

Gout--current diagnosis and treatment.

BACKGROUND Because of the changing dietary habits of an aging population, hyperuricemia is frequently found in combination with other metabolic disorders. Longstanding elevation of the serum uric acid level can lead to the deposition of monosodium urate crystals, causing gout (arthritis, urate nephropathy, tophi). In Germany, the prevalence of gouty arthritis is estimated at 1.4%, higher than t...