URATE CRYSTALS IN ASYMPTOMATIC METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINTS

被引：60

作者：

WEINBERGER, A

SCHUMACHER, HR

AGUDELO, CA

机构：

[1] UNIV PENN, SCH MED, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19174 USA

[2] WAKE FOREST UNIV, BOWMAN GRAY SCH MED, WINSTON SALEM, NC 27103 USA

来源：

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE | 1979年 / 91卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.7326/0003-4819-91-1-56

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Urate crystals can be found in synovial fluid or acute or chronic gouty arthritis. In asymptomatic, previously affected joints in a patient with gout, they are also found. This brief report communicates the high prevalence of urate crystals in the first metacarpo-phalingeal joint in patients with gout without acute attacks in the present or the past within this joint. Urate crystals were not found in this joint in patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia or patients without gout. Aspiration of the first MTP-joint can aid in the diagnosis of definite gout.

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页码：56 / 57

页数：2

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