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Assessment of Tophus Size

Nicola Dalbeth, Opetaia Aati, Angela Gao, Meaghan E House, Qiliang Liu, Anne Horne, Anthony Doyle, Fiona McQueen

JCR Journal of Clinical Rheumatology · 2011 · 60 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Dual-energy computed tomography scanning is a highly reproducible method for measuring urate deposits within tophi. This imaging modality reveals the composition of tophi that contain variable urate deposits embedded within soft tissue.

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