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Gouty tophus of the patella evaluated by PET imaging

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Journal of Orthopaedic Science

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We report a case of gouty tophus of the patella, a rare lesion, which was evaluated using positron emission tomography (PET). This modality, which uses a combination of an amino-acid analog emitter, l-[3-18F]-alpha-methyl tyrosine (FMT), which neglects malignancies, and a glucose analog emitter, 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG), which neglects benign lesions, simulating the radiographic findings, may be useful for the preoperative evaluation of gouty tophus occurring in patella partita, including detection, differentiation from malignant tumors, and possible pathogenetic diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Junko Sato, Hideomi Watanabe, Tetsuya Shinozaki, Kenji Shirakura & Kenji Takagishi

  2. Department of Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Gunma University School of Health Sciences, 3-39-22 Showa, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Toshio Fukuda

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  1. Junko Sato
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Received: April 12, 2001 / Accepted: July 11, 2001

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Sato, J., Watanabe, H., Shinozaki, T. et al. Gouty tophus of the patella evaluated by PET imaging. J Orthop Sci 6, 604–607 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007760100020

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