Pseudogout: Difference between revisions

(Created page with "==Background== Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) - rhomboid shaped positive birefringence ==Diagnosis== acute attacks of mono or oligoarticular inlammatory arthritis progr...")
 
(Changed redirect target from Gout and Pseudogout to Gout and pseudogout)
Tag: Redirect target changed
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==Background==
#REDIRECT [[Gout and pseudogout]]
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) - rhomboid shaped positive birefringence
 
==Diagnosis==
acute attacks of mono or oligoarticular inlammatory arthritis
 
progressive joint deenerative changes similar to OA
 
Evolves over days
 
Age > 50
 
Knee, wrists, ankles, elbows
 
Systemic illness, surgery, trauma triggers
 
Assoc with hyperparathyroidism and hemochromatosis
 
==See Also==
[[Gout]]

Latest revision as of 06:13, 3 July 2019

Redirect to:

Retrieved from "https://www.wikem.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudogout&oldid=219670"