Scruples over speckles

The “snowstorm” sign refers to the ultrasound appearance of motile hyperechoic specks within synovial fluid and has been reported to have a high specificity for gout. We describe three additional etiologies commonly encountered in the rheumatology clinic that can produce a snowstorm: calcium pyropho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin Persons, Eugene Y Kissin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Ultrasound
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Online Access:http://www.jmuonline.org/article.asp?issn=0929-6441;year=2020;volume=28;issue=3;spage=179;epage=180;aulast=Persons