Ultrasonography in gout: Utility in diagnosis and monitoring

S. N. Christiansen; M. Østergaard; L. Terslev

Ultrasonography in gout: Utility in diagnosis and monitoring

S. N. Christiansen^*, M. Østergaard, L. Terslev

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Department of Clinical Medicine

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Volume	36
Issue number	Suppl. 114
Pages (from-to)	S61-S67
ISSN	0392-856X
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Aggregates
Double contour sign
Elementary lesions
Erosions
Gout
Imaging
Tophus
Ultrasonography

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