Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease mimicking malignant soft tissue tumor

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2003 Jul;11(4):263-6. doi: 10.1007/s00167-002-0339-2. Epub 2003 Jan 17.

Abstract

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease has multiple clinical features with variable courses creating several pitfalls in clinical diagnosis. There are number of reported cases mimicking malignant skeletal tumors such as chondrosarcoma. However, no case of CPPD disease with radiographic noncalcified soft tissue mass has been reported in the literature. Here we report a case of CPPD disease clinically mimicking soft tissue tumor with its magnetic resonance imaging appearance and histopathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Chondrocalcinosis / diagnosis*
  • Chondrocalcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint* / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Radiography
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging