Ultrasonography in gout: Utility in diagnosis and monitoring

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ultrasonography in gout

T2 - Utility in diagnosis and monitoring

AU - Christiansen, S. N.

AU - Østergaard, M.

AU - Terslev, L.

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - The use of ultrasonography has a considerable potential for diagnosis and monitoring of gout due to its capacity to detect urate crystal deposits in joints, e.g. on the cartilage surface, visualised as the double contour sign, and in soft tissues, e.g. as tophi. Furthermore, ultrasonography can visualise both synovitis and bone erosion. Consensus-based definitions for ultrasonographic elementary lesions in gout were validated in 2015, and ultrasonography is already included in the 2015 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for gout. This report evaluates the current literature on the use of ultrasonography for diagnosing and monitoring gout.

AB - The use of ultrasonography has a considerable potential for diagnosis and monitoring of gout due to its capacity to detect urate crystal deposits in joints, e.g. on the cartilage surface, visualised as the double contour sign, and in soft tissues, e.g. as tophi. Furthermore, ultrasonography can visualise both synovitis and bone erosion. Consensus-based definitions for ultrasonographic elementary lesions in gout were validated in 2015, and ultrasonography is already included in the 2015 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for gout. This report evaluates the current literature on the use of ultrasonography for diagnosing and monitoring gout.

KW - Aggregates

KW - Double contour sign

KW - Elementary lesions

KW - Erosions

KW - Gout

KW - Imaging

KW - Tophus

KW - Ultrasonography

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 30296983

AN - SCOPUS:85054773580

SN - 0392-856X

VL - 36

SP - S61-S67

JO - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

JF - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

IS - Suppl. 114

ER -