Free notes, MCQs, tables & flowcharts for FMGE Internal Medicine
All are true about gout except:
AIs caused by purine metabolism disorder
BCauses tophi in the extraocular muscle tendon
CCauses podagra
DIs directly related to alcohol consumption
In a patient with gouty arthritis, strongly birefringent needle-shaped crystals with negative elongation in synovial fluid aspiration are composed of:
AHomogentisic acid
BCalcium pyrophosphate
CSodium pyrophosphate
DMonosodium urate
In a patient with gouty arthritis, synovial fluid aspiration will show:
ACalcium Pyrophosphate crystals
BMononuclear Leucocytosis
CPolymorphonuclear Leukocytosis
DMonosodium Urate crystals
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