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ReviewEmergency radiology2016

Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute crystalline synovitis.

Matt Rheinboldt, Courtney Scher

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Review in Emergency radiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matt RheinboldtDepartment of Emergency Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA. matthewr@rad.hfh.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-5588
Courtney ScherDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Henry Ford Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease are common metabolic arthopathies, presenting not only diagnostic but also management challenges. Though histological crystal aspiration is definitive, diagnosis is commonly established through a composite of clinical features and laboratory findings. Musculoskeletal ultrasound has a contributory and growing role not only in routine disease surveillance but also in helping render a timely and specific diagnosis for patients presenting with new-onset oligoarticular arthritis in the emergency setting. In this article, we review the various general and characteristic ultrasound features of crystalline arthropathy as well as the published data in regard to sonographic performance metrics.

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Acute DiseaseChondrocalcinosisHumansSynovitisUltrasonographyCrystalline arthropathyMusculoskeletal ultrasoundOligoarticular arthritis

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PMID27439716
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