Mnemonics for chondrocalcinosis include:
- 3 Cs
- HOGWASH
Mnemonics
3 Cs
- C: crystals e.g. CPPD, sodium urate (gout)
- C: cations e.g. calcium (any cause of hypercalcaemia), copper, iron
- C: cartilage degeneration (e.g. osteoarthritis, acromegaly, ochronosis)
HOGWASH
- H: hyperparathyroidism, hypothyroidism, haemophilia
- O: ochronosis
- G: gout
- W: Wilson disease
- A: arthritis (rheumatoid, postinfectious, traumatic, degenerative), amyloidosis, acromegaly
- S: pseudogout
- H: haemochromatosis
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