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Meanings of tophus in English

Portuguese
tártaro
Catalan
tosca dentària
Wikidata

An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums.

        tártaro
        Russian
        тофус
        Portuguese
        tofo
        Spanish
        tofos gotáceos
        Wikidata

        Deposit of uric acid crystals, in the form of monosodium urate crystals, in people with longstanding hyperuricemia (high levels of uric acid in the blood)

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              тофус
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              Examples for "tophi"
              Examples for "tophi"
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              Nearly all the tophi were of intermediate signal intensity on T1-weighted images.
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              The specificity remained high in subjects with early disease and without clinical signs of tophi.
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              3
              Identification of tophi indicates a definitive diagnosis of gout.
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              4
              These nodular concretions are called tophi or chalkstones.
              The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition
              5
              The purpose of this study was to determine the MR imaging characteristics of intraosseous and soft-tissue tophi.
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              Spanish
              tofo

              A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout.

                    tofo
                    Usage of tophus in English
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                    US findings of interest were double contour sign, tophus, and snowstorm appearance.
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                    2
                    A biopsy of the subcutaneous nodule showed a typical appearance of tophus.
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                    3
                    This variability in signal intensity could be related to calcium within a tophus.
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                    4
                    Gout was defined by synovial fluid or tophus aspirate microscopy by certified examiners in all patients.
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                    5
                    All but one tophus showed homogeneous enhancement.
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                    Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of consecutive rheumatology clinic patients with ≥1 swollen joint or subcutaneous tophus.
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                    A gouty tophus occasionally mimics an infectious or neoplastic process, and MR imaging may be obtained under these circumstances.
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                    8
                    Sensitivity was higher among subjects with a disease duration of ≥2 years and among subjects with subcutaneous nodules on examination (suspected tophus).
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                    9
                    Smooth, dark gray tophus predominates; it forms the bed of the Rio Pasig, and rising forms hillocks in the vicinity of the city of Binangonan.
                    The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
                    Translations for tophus
                    Portuguese
                    tártarotofo
                    Russian
                    тофус
                    Tophus through the time