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chondrocalcinosis
Saturday 24 February 2018
Calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease ;
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Microscopy
small rectangular (rhomboid) crystals that are weakly positive birefringent;
histiocytic and giant cell reaction around these crystals
CPPD crystals have rhomboid or parallelelipedic morphology