RADIOLOGIC IMAGING OF CRYSTALLINE ARTHRITIDES
Authors:
Kristina Potočki, Đurđica Babić-Naglić, Maja Prutki, Dubravko Bajramović
Summary
Gout is a group of diseases characterized by arthritis and is a result of urate metabolism disturbance with the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in the joint and soft tissues. Clinical manifestations include acute and chronic arthritis, tophaceous deposits, interstitial renal disease and uric acid nephrolithiasis. The diagnosis is based on the identification of uric acid crystals in joint or body fluids
Sažetak
Giht je skupina bolesti karakterizirana artritisom, a nastaje zbog promjene u metabolizmu urata te dolazi do odlaganja mononatrijskih kristala urične kiseline u zglobove i meka tkiva. Klinički nalazimo akutni i kronični artritis, nakupine tofa, intersticijsku renalnu bolest i nefrolitijazu kristalima urične kiseline. Definitivna dijagnoza postavlja se dokazom kristala urične kiseline u zglobu ili tjelesnim tekućinama.
