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Fig. 3 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 3

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

Fig. 3

a Computer-generated image of tophi located at the insertion site of the tendon adjacent to the bone. b Ultrasound image in the longitudinal plane (D distal, P proximal) showing tophi (asterisk and arrows) seen as circular hyperechoic areas with bright stippled foci at the insertion site of the triceps tendon (T) of the elbow, which has loss of fibrillary pattern close to the bone (olecranon, small arrows)

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