A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout.
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Examples for "tophus "
Examples for "tophus "
1 US findings of interest were double contour sign, tophus , and snowstorm appearance.
2 A biopsy of the subcutaneous nodule showed a typical appearance of tophus .
3 This variability in signal intensity could be related to calcium within a tophus .
4 Gout was defined by synovial fluid or tophus aspirate microscopy by certified examiners in all patients.
5 All but one tophus showed homogeneous enhancement.
1 The grotto lay ahead, a square black mouth rimmed by chalkstone and half-hidden by a bracken.
2 These nodular concretions are called tophi or chalkstones .
3 Chalkstones deformed his fingers, dissected by leanness.
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