Acute gout presenting in the manubriosternal joint
โ Scribed by G. Wallace Kernodle Jr.; Dr. Nancy B. Allen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 251 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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## Abstract Asymptomatic metatarsophalangeal joints were aspirated in a group of patients with gout, in 2 control groups with hyperuricemia, and in 1 normouricemic control group. Extracellular urate crystals were present in 70% of gout patients, in 1 of 19 patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia,
We aspirated synovial fluid from the knees of 50 patients with asymptomatic, nontophaceous gout, in whom synovial fluid monosodium urate (MSU) crystals had previously been documented in the knees or other joints. Fifty-eight percent of these asymptomatic patients had MSU crystals in their knee joint