Cholesterol Crystal-induced Arthritis

Tomohiro Sugimoto^{1

2}, Tomohiko Sakuda³, Shintaro Hirata¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Miyoshi Central Hospital, Japan.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.

Tomohiro Sugimoto et al. Intern Med. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 15;64(12):1946-1947.

doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4500-24. Epub 2024 Nov 21.

Tomohiro Sugimoto^{1

2}, Tomohiko Sakuda³, Shintaro Hirata¹

¹ Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Miyoshi Central Hospital, Japan.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: arthritis; arthrocentesis; cholesterol crystal; obesity; systemic sclerosis.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors state that they have no Conflict of Interest (COI).

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