TY - JOUR T1 - Gout Masquerading as a Triquetral Fracture JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 670 LP - 671 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.091000 VL - 37 IS - 3 AU - NICHOLAS KORTAN AU - JEFFERSON ROBERTS AU - JONATHAN ROEBUCK Y1 - 2010/03/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/37/3/670.abstract N2 - The differential for unilateral hand swelling in the adult includes crystalline arthropathy, septic arthritis, musculoskeletal injury, and other inflammatory conditions. Tools used to establish a diagnosis include arthrocentesis for synovial fluid analysis as well as radiographic imaging. We describe a case of gouty arthritis of the hand masquerading as a triquetral fracture on plain radiograph.A 61-year-old man initially presented to orthopedics with nontraumatic acute unilateral hand swelling (Figure 1) and was diagnosed with a triquetral … ER -