TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aboulafia, Albert
AU  - Jelinek, James S
AU  - Wallace, Matthew T
TI  - Gouty involvement of the patella and extensor mechanism of the knee mimicking aggressive neoplasm. A case series
SN  - 0364-2348
PY  - 2018///
KW  - *Gout/dg [Diagnostic Imaging]
KW  - *Knee Joint/dg [Diagnostic Imaging]
KW  - *Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW  - *Patella/dg [Diagnostic Imaging]
KW  - *Tomography, X-Ray Computed
KW  - Aged
KW  - Bone Neoplasms
KW  - Diagnosis, Differential
KW  - Gout/pa [Pathology]
KW  - Gout/su [Surgery]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Knee Joint/pa [Pathology]
KW  - Knee Joint/su [Surgery]
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Patella/pa [Pathology]
KW  - Patella/su [Surgery]
KW  - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW  - MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Orthopaedic Oncology, National Center for Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
KW  - Orthopaedic Onology
KW  - Radiology
KW  - Journal Article
N1  - Available online from MWHC library: 1997 - present
N2  - Gout is a common inflammatory crystal deposition disease that occurs in many joints throughout the body. Active gout is most often associated with painful synovitis causing searing joint pains, but gout can also produce large masses of space-occupying deposits called tophi. Tophi are most frequently seen in juxta-articular locations with or without bony erosion and are often misdiagnosed as degenerative joint disease. Soft tissue deposits and tendon involvement are also known manifestations of gout, but can present with indeterminate and alarming findings on imaging. We present three cases of tophaceous gout mimicking aggressive neoplasms in the extensor mechanism of the knee. All cases presented as extensor tendon masses eroding into the patella, with imaging findings initially concerning for primary musculoskeletal malignancy
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00256-017-2871-7
ER  -