ArticleEuropean radiology2018
Differentiating the acute phase of gout from the intercritical phase with ultrasound and quantitative shear wave elastography.
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- A retrospective study of reducing unnecessary thyroid biopsy for American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems 4 assessment through applying shear wave elastography.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Periarticular Soft Tissues in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis by Superb Microvascular Imaging and Shear Wave Elastography.Archives of rheumatology · 2020Article
- Combining non-contrast and dual-energy CT improves diagnosis of early gout.European radiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the value of ultrasound (US) in differentiating the acute phase of gout from the intercritical phase, particularly using shear wave elastography (SWE).
methods57 gout patients were prospectively enrolled and divided into acute phase and intercritical phase groups. The patients underwent US and SWE examinations for the first metatarsophalangeal joints with the same protocol. Maximum synovial thickness was measured. US features were reviewed by two radiologists independently. The maximum (E
resultsUS findings demonstrated that the colour Doppler flow signal grade in the acute phase was higher than that in the intercritical phase (p = 0.001), whereas no differences were found for B-mode US features between the two groups (all p > 0.05). For SWE, E
conclusionSWE increases the diagnostic performance in differentiating the acute phase of gout from the intercritical phase in comparison with conventional US. KEY POINTS: • Colour Doppler flow signal grade is higher in acute phase of gout than in intercritical phase. • SWE demonstrates that synovium stiffness is higher in intercritical phase of gout than in acute phase. • SWE increases diagnostic performance in differentiating acute phase of gout from intercritical phase in comparison with conventional US.
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