Sonographic Assessments to Consider in Future Studies about Crystal-related Arthritis [PDF]
Journal of Medical UltrasoundBackground: Ultrasonography has shown a high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of gout and chondrocalcinosis. Methods: The author considers it appropriate to discuss a new ultrasound technique and previous sonographic findings in crystal ...
Angel Checa
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Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, 2021 Objectives: To examine the relationships between radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA), symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis (sRKOA), and chondrocalcinosis, as outcome variables, and the autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) autoantibodies, anti ...
Clement E Tagoe +2 more
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Epidemiology of gout and chondrocalcinosis [PDF]
Reumatismo, 2012 Gout is the most common cause of inflammatory arthritis affecting at least 1% of the population in industrialized countries. It is closely associated with hyperuricemia and is characterized by formation and reversible deposition of monosodium urate ...
M. Govoni, A. Bortoluzzi, G. Ciancio
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Prevalence of chondrocalcinosis in the temporomandibular joint in patients with chondrocalcinosis of the knee or wrist [PDF]
Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, 2020 Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of TMJ chondrocalcinosis on head CT scans in patients with chondrocalcinosis of the knee or wrist. Methods and materials: 227 patients with radiological evidence of calcifications on knee or wrist radiographs had a head CT scan obtained for unrelated purposes.
Inneke Willekens +2 more
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Associations Between Coronal Alignment, Patellar Height, Chondrocalcinosis and Radiographic Severity of Knee Osteoarthritis in a Single-Center Cross-Sectional Clinical Cohort [PDF]
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of pain and disability, with radiographic severity influenced by age, biomechanical alignment, and structural joint features.
Laszlo Irsay +5 more
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Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: historical overview and potential gaps [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineCPPD disease can affect patients’ quality of life through its various clinical presentations. This mini-review discusses the evolution of CPPD from its discovery to current knowledge of its pathogenesis, genetic associations, diagnostics, and treatment ...
Carlos Pineda +4 more
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The Association of Diuretics and Proton Pump Inhibitors With Chondrocalcinosis
ACR Open Rheumatology, 2021 Objective Hypomagnesemia increases the risk of chondrocalcinosis and calcium pyrophosphate disease. We examined whether the use of drugs that can cause hypomagnesemia, diuretics and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), increases the risk of chondrocalcinosis ...
David T. Felson +8 more
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CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN PATIENTS WITH CHONDROCALCINOSIS [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2018 Background. Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease results from the deposition of calcium pyrophosphate crystals and needs to fulfil McCarty criteria for diagnosis.
Paulina Vele +8 more
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Association of mutations in hemochromatosis genes with clinical severity of calcium pyrophosphate arthritis [PDF]
Exploration of Musculoskeletal Diseases, 2023 Aims: To study factors associated with the development of calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) arthritis and the severity phenotype. Methods: Transversal case-control study.
Joana Atxotegi-Saenz de Buruaga +5 more
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Periarticular chondrocalcinosis of the left temporomandibular joint: A case report
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases, 2020 Chondrocalcinosis is a non-infectious, inflammatory arthropathy which is typically characterized by intra-articular deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals.
Melisa Garip +7 more
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