USMLE (Fach) / Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors (Lektion)
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Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Deposition Disease (CPPD, Pseudo-Gout, Chondrocalcinosis)
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- sexes and race equally affected
- crystals first develop in the articular cartilage, menisci, and intervertebral discs
- as the deposits enlage they may rupture and seed the joint
Histology- oval blue-purple aggregates- rhomboid- positively birefringent
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