Uric acid crystals are characterised by their needle shape and strong double refraction in polarised light, whereas crystals of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate, which are found in chondrocalcinosis, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory ...

Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory joint disease ...

Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory joint disease driven by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals, or ...

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common adult rheumatic disease characterized by cartilage degradation, synovial inflammation and subchondral bone remodeling. Risk factors associated with OA ...

Wrist arthropathy in calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. Comparison of three imaging techniques in diagnosis of chondrocalcinosis of the knees in calcium pyrophosphate deposition ...

Researchers assigned a CA diagnosis based on the presence of monosodium urate or calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate crystals in the synovial fluid, and NSA was determined via the Synovasure Alpha ...

Inflammation in joints from calcium crystal arthropathies stems from various crystals like hydroxyapatite, octacalcium phosphate, and calcium pyrophosphate Dihydrate. Distinguishing them with ...

Deposits of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate, in contrast, were present as rather characteristic heavy, bilaterally symmetrical, punctate and linear calcifications. 10 ...