PSEUDOGOUT MASKING OTHER ARTHRITIDES

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 10  (3) , 449-453
Abstract
Of 314 patients with proved pseudogout, 9 had a separate serious disease in the same joint: 5 had septic arthritis, 2 rheumatoid arthritis, 1 psoriatic arthritis and 1 hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy. In every instance but 1, the episode of crystal synovitis appeared to be provoked by the new inflammatory process, disturbing previously asymptomatic chondrocalcinosis. Pseudogout attacks, although generally idiopathic solo events, can mask septic and chronic inflammatory arthritis.