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Fig. 1 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 1

From: Sonographic description and classification of tendinous involvement in relation to tophi in chronic tophaceous gout

Fig. 1

a Computer-generated image of a tophus enveloping the tendon. b Ultrasound image of the dorsal aspect of the extensor tendon (T) of the hand in the longitudinal plane (D distal, P proximal), showing the multiple bright stippled foci of the tophus (asterisk and t), enveloping the tendon (T) with blurring of the contours of the tendon. Arrows mark the bone surface of the adjacent metacarpal bone

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