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21050766

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal-deposits (CPPD) at the spine are rare but the lesions detected with CT scans or MRI are often interpreted as a spondylodiscitis or osteitis. CPPD is a disease of the elderly without major sex predominance. The diagnosis of CPPD requires typical manifestations on a radiograph and/or detection of positively birefringent crystals in the synovial fluid of (peripheral) joints by compensated polarized light microscopy. CPPD crystal deposition at the spine has been associated with clinical manifestations, typically spine stiffness, and is sometimes associated with bony ankylosis or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. The preferred treatment of CPPD in the acute phase is oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication or alternatively oral or intravenous glucocorticoids. CPPD should be considered in patients with non-specific spinal lesions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1532-2653
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
424-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
If the knee hurts, don't forget the spine!
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nephrology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Stra?e 22, München 81675, Germany. Tobias.Lahmer@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports