rheum.reviews

Metabolic, Endocrine associated

Gout and CPPD

  • Gout

    BOTTOM LINE Gout is a crystalline arthritis caused by accumulation of uric acid. Precipitation of uric acid in the joint causes characteristic acute red/warm/swollen mono/oligoarticular lower-extremity predominant erosive inflammatory arthritis…

  • Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

    BOTTOM LINE CPPD presents in older adults, often >70 years old, and can look present like pseudo-OA, pseudo-gout (most common), pseudo RA, asymptomatic, or other rarer presentations. Imaging can show…