[Xeroradiography in the study of dysmetabolic arthropathies]

70 patients affected by methabolic joint diseases are reviewed. Xeroradiography has been performed in hand, foot and knee for studying soft tissue and bone lesions in 12 subjects affected by chronic gout and 5 by CPPD. Results show that xeroradiography is more effective than X-ray films in outlining soft tissue masses, especially little dystrophic meniscal calcifications, and initial lesions in bone.