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Crystal arthropathy

Patient Positioning

Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm down resting on a examination table.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer on longitudinal planes over the joints and digits of interest. Do not use any pressure - especially while looking for effusion or using doppler mode.

Probe Placement Hand
Probe Placement Hand
Note: hyperechoic crystal deposits intraarticular of the metacarpophalangeal joint in a patient with CPPD, effusion, mild doppler signal.

note: hyperechoic crystal deposits on top of the articular cartilage and intraarticular in a patient with urate arthropathy (gout) and effusion.

note: hyperechoic crystal deposits on top of the articular cartilage and intraarticular in a patient with urate arthropathy (gout).

note: hyperechoic crystal deposits on top of the articular cartilage and intraarticular in a patient with urate arthropathy (gout).

note: hyperechoic crystal deposits related to the articular cartilage and intraarticular in a patient with CPPD arthropathy.