In patients with acute mono-oligoarthritis, a targeted ultrasound scanning protocol shows great accuracy for the diagnosis of gout and CPPD.

Edoardo Cipolletta Emilio Filippucci Abhishek AbhishekJacopo Di BattistaGianluca Smerilli Marco Di CarloFerdinando SilveriRossella De AngelisFausto SalaffiWalter GrassiAndrea Di Matteo

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2022)

A targeted US scanning protocol of two joints bilaterally + the target joint (unless this was the knee, MTP1j or the wrist) showed an excellent accuracy (>90%) for the diagnosis of crystal arthritis in patients with acute mono/oligoarthritis.

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randomized controlled trial
cancer therapy
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