Ultrasound of Gout

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Daniel J. Kowal, MD

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Ultrasound of Gout

Radiology Lectures | Radquarters

8 minutes 26 seconds

2 weeks ago

Ultrasound of Gout

In this radiology lecture, we review the ultrasound appearance of gout!
Key teaching points include:

* Gout is a crystal arthropathy due to monosodium urate crystal deposition in and around joints
* Most common in males over age 40
* Risk factors: Metabolic (hyperuricemia, obesity, diabetes, hypertension), renal (chronic kidney disease), dietary (high purine foods, sugary drinks, alcohol), and genetic (family history)
* Typically presents as acute monoarthritis with a red, inflamed, swollen joint. First metatarsophalangeal joint most common site of involvement (podagra)
* Can progress to asymmetric polyarticular disease and chronic tophaceous gout
* Ultrasound findings include: Joint effusion +/- hyperechoic foci (crystals/microtophi), synovial hypertrophy, and erosions typically at medial aspect of distal first metatarsal
* Erosions are juxtaarticular in distribution with overhanging edges yielding a “punched-out” appearance
* Gouty tophus: Amorphous, echogenic area containing internal hyperechoic foci surrounded by an anechoic inflammatory halo. May have associated cortical erosions
* Tophi may involve tendons, tendon sheaths, and bursae. Other common sites include olecranon region (elbow), patellar and popliteal tendons (knee)
* Double contour sign, AKA urate icing: Hyperechoic monosodium urate crystals coating hyaline cartilage surface. Disappears when serum urate levels drop below 6 mg/dL*
* Distinct from chondrocalcinosis seen in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease which will have echogenic crystals within cartilage as opposed to on surface

References:

* *Thiele RG, Schlesinger N. Ultrasonography shows disappearance of monosodium urate crystal deposition on hyaline cartilage after sustained normouricemia is achieved. Rheumatol Int. 2010;30(4):495–503
* Jacobson JA. Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. 3rd ed. Elsevier; 2018

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