Serial ultrasonographic determination of DCS, tophi, or HES during hypouricemic therapy is a noninvasive, effective method to detect the lowering of burden of urate load in gouty joints.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is characterized by chronic granulomatous inflammation of medium and large arteries with predilection for extra-cranial branches of the carotid arteries. GCA is considered as the most common type of primary vasculitis in the Western world; however, it is reported less frequently from the Indian subcontinent. 1,2 Ultrasonographic evaluation of superficial temporal arteries (STA) is becoming a common practice in the diagnosis of GCA because it

MSUS is useful for diagnosis of gout in intercritical or chronic stages, especially in patients with persistently high SUA level.

Evidence for treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: results of a systematic literature search updateWe read with interest a recent paper by Stoffer et al 1 on treat to target (T2T) evidence for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) published in the current issue of the journal.The systematic literature review provided newer evidence by building on the existing 2010 T2T recommendations for RA.

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