Pyrophosphate Arthropathy
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- 2 February 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 63 (2) , 192-198
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/63.2.192
Abstract
Cameron, H. U., Fornasier, V. L., and Macnab, I.: Pyrophosphate arthropathy. Am J Clin Pathol 63: 192–198, 1975. A scanning electron microscopic study of six cases of pyrophosphate arthropathy has been conducted. In the majority of cases the crystals were rectangular. In some cases giant crystals were present. In one case, the crystals were pyramidal. It is concluded that many geometrically different forms of calcium pyrophosphate crystals exist and that the scanning electron microscope is a useful tool in the differentiation of pyrophosphate arthropathy from other forms of crystal synovitis.Keywords
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