Gouty arthritis: a prospective radiographic evaluation of sixty patients. Skeletal Radiol 1984;11(1):1-8
Date
01/01/1984Pubmed ID
6710175DOI
10.1007/BF00361124Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0021322377 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 62 CitationsAbstract
A prospective analysis of 60 patients with gout was undertaken to evaluate the radiographic spectrum of gouty arthritis in patients treated in the era of hypouricemic therapy. Twenty-two of these patients were clinically tophaceous; 36 were considered to have radiographic findings diagnostic of gouty arthritis by strict radiographic criteria. Up to 24% of the patients denied symptoms in joints with radiographic changes of gout; 42% with no evidence of tophi on clinical examination had radiographic changes characteristic of gout. Radiographic assessment can be extremely helpful in the management of gout by documenting the degree and extent of bony involvement, particularly in patients with limited symptoms or without clinical tophi.
Author List
Barthelemy CR, Nakayama DA, Carrera GF, Lightfoot RW Jr, Wortmann RLMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Ankle JointArthritis
Arthrography
Elbow Joint
Female
Finger Joint
Gout
Hip Joint
Humans
Knee Joint
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Toe Joint
Wrist Joint
