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Original Source: Giant gouty tophi of the hand and wrist.
Gout is an inflammatory-rheumatic disease characterized by an elevated serum urate concentration and recurrent flares, including painful, hot, red, and swollen joints and surrounding tissue. Untreated gout often develops into a chronic disease with tophi and destruction of joint surfaces. Giant tophi are often resistant to medication and change in diet.This article presents a case of a 44-year-old man with giant gouty tophi at his hand and wrist. The last acute gout flare in his left wrist was approximately...
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Revised Definition Recommended for Wrist Sprain
Norwegian researchers recommend revising wrist sprain definition, using MRI to achieve accurate wrist trauma diagnosis. Medscape Medical News
Unclogging heart arteries through wrist becoming more common
Opening clogged heart arteries via the radial artery in the wrist is becoming more common. The wrist route may have fewer complications than the traditional route through the femoral artery in the gro...
Hand and Wrist Institute Launches JohnKnightMD.com
Beverly Hills, Ca (PRWEB) March 21, 2013 Sometimes finding information on a clinic's website about a doctor can take time. Many people with wrist and hand problems want to be able to get inform...
A 56 year old man presented with an injury to the radial aspect of his right wrist (figure). While undertaking mechanical repairs to his car the previous day his metal wrist watch had made contact......
For PCI, Way to Heart Is Through the Wrist (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- More and more U.S. physicians are using the radial artery in the wrist for percutaneous coronary intervention instead of the traditional femoral artery, researchers reported.
Doctors Increasingly Unclog Heart Arteries Via The Wrist
Doctors from around the world are unclogging blocked arteries in the heart by entering through blood vessels in the wrist instead of the groin, and U.S. doctors are slowly following suit, a new study...
A Right Wrist Lump A Right Wrist Lump
A 42-year-old male gardener presents with a 5-cm wrist mass causing functional limitation and swelling of the right hand. The mass has been present since the patient was 12 years old and has progressi...
Palaeoanthropology: New hominin wrist bones
Newly described wrist bones support the argument that Homo floresiensis is a distinct species, rather than a deformed Homo sapiens.In 2003, scientists discovered parts of a skeleton (LB1) that is at l...
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Giant gouty tophi of the hand and wrist.
Gout is an inflammatory-rheumatic disease characterized by an elevated serum urate concentration and recurrent flares, including painful, hot, red, and swollen joints and surrounding tissue. Untreated...
Gouty tophi are an uncommon cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. We describe a case of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome due to gouty tophi. Gouty tophi in the right wrist developed slowly, but developed a...
Ultrasound features of tophi in chronic tophaceous gout.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the different and lesser-known ultrasound features of tophi in chronic tophaceous gout. METHODS: Ultrasound images of 138 affected areas were analyzed from 31 patients with gout...
The role of plain radiography in paediatric wrist trauma.
OBJECTIVES: Acute wrist trauma in children is one of the most frequent reasons for visiting the emergency department (ED). Radiographic imaging in children with wrist trauma is mostly performed routin...
Role of Ultrasound and Other Advanced Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Gout.
Imaging of gout with conventional radiography has been described since shortly after roentgenography was invented. Ultrasound (US) detects more erosions than conventional radiography in rheumatoid art...
