Epidemiology of calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis and basic calcium phosphate crystal arthropathy.

Abstract

Calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition (CPPD) is common and mainly associates with increasing age and osteoarthritis (OA). Recent studies suggest that CPPD occurs as the result of a generalized articular predisposition and may also associate with low cortical bone mineral density. The epidemiology of basic calcium phosphate (BCP) crystal deposition is poorly understood. Although periarticular BCP crystal deposits occurs at all ages and in both sexes, intra-articular BCP crystal deposition tends to associate with increasing age and OA. Calcium pyrophosphate and BCP crystals frequently coexist in joints with OA.

• Authors: Abhishek Abhishek, Michael Doherty
• Journal: Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America (Rheum Dis Clin North Am) Vol. 40 Issue 2 Pg. 177-91 (May 2014) ISSN: 1558-3163 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24703342 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Calcium Phosphates
• Magnesium

Topics

• Age Factors
• Calcium Phosphates
• Chondrocalcinosis (epidemiology, pathology)
• Hemochromatosis (epidemiology)
• Humans
• Hyperparathyroidism (epidemiology)
• Hypophosphatasia (epidemiology)
• Magnesium (blood)
• Osteoarthritis (epidemiology)
• Prevalence
• Risk Factors
• Sex Factors