Hydroxyapatite and calcium pyrophosphate crystals mimicking gout in systemic sclerosis

Reumatol Clin. 2017 Jul-Aug;13(4):235-236. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.04.001. Epub 2016 May 27.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Lucio Ventura-Ríos¹, Diana Ferrusquia-Toriz², Lina María Saldarriaga

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio de Ultrasonido Musculoesquelético y Articular, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación «Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra», Ciudad de México, México. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Laboratorio de Ultrasonido Musculoesquelético y Articular, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación «Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra», Ciudad de México, México.

PMID: 27247113
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.04.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biomarkers / metabolism
Calcium Pyrophosphate / metabolism*
Crystal Arthropathies / complications
Crystal Arthropathies / diagnosis*
Crystal Arthropathies / metabolism
Diagnosis, Differential
Durapatite / metabolism*
Female
Gout / diagnosis*
Humans
Middle Aged
Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*
Synovial Fluid / metabolism*

Substances

Biomarkers
Durapatite
Calcium Pyrophosphate