Take-home messageSpiral dual energy CT offers the unique possibilityto directly visualize uric acid in gout tophi andthus to detect the specific substance causingthe disease. With this information, the diagnosisof gout is much more specific than the meredescription of arthritis, possibly with destructionof the joint, which would otherwise be the mostprecise information obtainable by CT or MRI.
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