Definitive Diagnosis of Gout by Identification of Urate Crystals in Asymptomatic Metatarsophalangeal Joints
โ Scribed by Carlos A. Agudelo; Abraham Weinberger; H. Ralph Schumacher; Robert Turner; Javier Molina
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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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
## 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,