Abstracts tagged "Metabolic Crystal"

Abstract Number: 0666 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identification of Intracellular Vacuoles in Synovial Fluid with Calcium Pyrophosphate and Monosodium Urate Crystals
Maria Luisa Peral¹, Irene Calabuig¹, Ana Martín-Carratalá², Mariano Andrés¹ and Eliseo Pascual¹, ¹Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL and Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain, ²Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante
Background/Purpose: Synovial fluid analysis using polarized microscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of crystal-related arthritis. In our experience, we have noted that, when…
Abstract Number: 0684 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Shrinking Toe: A Sign of Crystal Dissolution During Urate Lowering Treatment of Severe Gouty Arthropathy
Thomas Bardin¹, Nguyen Dinh Quang², Hieu Le Nghia², Tran Minh Khoi², Hang Korng EA³, Valérie Bousson⁴ and Pascal Richette⁵, ¹Université de Paris, INSERM U1132 and Hôpital Lariboisièe, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²Vien Gut Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ³Universite de Paris, AP-HP, INSERM, paris, France, ⁴Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Serum urate (SU) lowering has been reported to improve gout erosions. We observed that it may also lead to compaction of toe MTP or…