Mainstay of treatment gout
NSAIDs
Colchicine
Glucocorticoids
Radiographic features of gout
Cystic changes
Well defined erosions with sclerotic margins
Most common clinical manifestatio
Acute arthritis
Metatarsophalangeal joint
When is urate lowering therapy recommended in gout
1) 2 attacks
2) uric acid level >9
3) any patient with tophi