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. 2009 Mar;28(3):271-6.
doi: 10.1007/s10067-008-1034-6. Epub 2008 Nov 13.

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease: sonographic findings

A Ciapetti  1 , E Filippucci, M Gutierrez, W Grassi
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Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease: sonographic findings

A Ciapetti et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

High-resolution sonography is a rapidly evolving technique that is gaining an increasing success in the assessment of crystalline arthropathies. In calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease, the sonographic features of crystal deposition include hyperchoic spots within hyaline cartilage and/or fibrocartilage and soft tissue calcifications. The aim of this pictorial essay was to present the main findings evocative of crystal deposition in patients with pyrophosphate arthropathy.

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