Abstract |
Pyrophosphate and capsular chondromatosis were demonstrated histologically in 15 cases, 14 of which also exhibited local deposition of amyloid. A systematic examination of the joint capsule in 57 consecutive hip replacement operations for osteoarthritis revealed these changes in 6 of the cases (10.5 per cent). Microscopic examination which was done if intraarticular calcifications were grossly visible at operation, showed the same changes in 8 knees, 4 with osteoarthritis and 4 with meniscal disease. The changes were also seen in the menisci. Only one patient was suffering from chronic, polyarticular pyrophosphate arthritis. In the other cases neither change had been expected a priori, and the patients had no signs of systemic articular disease or amyloidosis. Most of them were elderly, but in good health.
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Authors | K H Sørensen, P S Teglbjaerg, C Ladefoged, H E Christensen |
Journal | Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica
(Acta Orthop Scand)
Vol. 52
Issue 2
Pg. 129-33
( 1981)
ISSN: 0001-6470 [Print] England |
PMID | 6264732
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Amyloid
(metabolism)
- Chondrocalcinosis
(metabolism, pathology)
- Diphosphates
(metabolism)
- Female
- Humans
- Joints
(pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Osteoarthritis
(metabolism, pathology)
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