GOUT AND PSEUDOGOUT - WHEN ARE ARTHRITIC SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY CRYSTAL DEPOSITION

Authors
BEUTLER A SCHUMACHER HR
Citation
A. Beutler et Hr. Schumacher, GOUT AND PSEUDOGOUT - WHEN ARE ARTHRITIC SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY CRYSTAL DEPOSITION, Postgraduate medicine, 95(2), 1994, pp. 103
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325481
Volume
95
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(1994)95:2<103:GAP-WA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The proper diagnosis of gout and pseudogout (ie, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate tal deposition disease (leads to correct treat. The two dis orders can be easily confused and misdiagnosed in certain situations. Thus, in every case, synovial fluid aspiration and microscopic synovia l fluid analysis under compensated polarized light should be done to c onfirm the suspicion of crystal-induced arthropathy. Underlying diseas es should always be sought, because many are treatable.