Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Machine learning models diagnosed gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition with accuracies similar to trained ...

I have a patient with recurrent attacks of acute arthritis of the knee that last for about 1 week and then subside spontaneously. Joint aspiration shows inflammatory change with no crystal but a very ...

Raman spectroscopy (RS) used at point of service could reduce the need for inpatient admission in patients with gout and pseudogout, according to new research. "The objective of this study was to ...

From the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham hospitals. H. Ralph Schumacher, M.D. Research fellow in medicine, ...

The diagnosis of gout sets into motion an assessment and therapeutic program for comorbidities, plus an enduring treatment program for gout-flare treatment and prophylaxis and serum urate lowering.

A new diagnostic test can accurately distinguish osteoarthritis (OA) from inflammatory arthritis using two synovial fluid biomarkers, according to research published in the Journal of Orthopaedic ...

Background A 79-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of her painful and swollen joints. She had a medical history of congestive heart failure, renal insufficiency and peptic ulcer disease. For ...

Acute gouty arthritis typically presents with a sudden and severe exquisitely painful joint, most classically in the first metatarsophalangeal joint (toe). Demonstrating the presence of monosodium ...

Synovial cysts are small, fluid-filled lumps that tend to form on the lower spine. These cysts are not cancerous and may not cause any symptoms. However, they can sometimes lead to problems such as ...

Synovial sarcoma is a form of soft tissue cancer. It often develops around the joints and can be difficult to diagnose. This condition can spread to other body parts, most notably the lungs. Because ...