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Weerakkody Y, Luong D, Yu Jin T, Meniscal calcification. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-66376
Meniscal calcification of the knee is a form of chondrocalcinosis.
Epidemiology
The prevalence may be as high as 5-6% 1.
Pathology
Meniscal calcifications can be due to trauma, degenerative disease or underlying crystal arthropathies such as calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.
Associations
It has been associated with osteoarthritis of the knee with some authors suggesting a pathogenic role 2.
See also
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1. Omoumi P, Bae WC, Du J, Diaz E, Statum S, Bydder GM, Chung CB. Meniscal calcifications: morphologic and quantitative evaluation by using 2D inversion-recovery ultrashort echo time and 3D ultrashort echo time 3.0-T MR imaging techniques--feasibility study. (2012) Radiology. 264 (1): 260-8. doi:10.1148/radiol.12111439 - Pubmed
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2. Sun Y, Mauerhan DR. Meniscal calcification, pathogenesis and implications. (2012) Current opinion in rheumatology. 24 (2): 152-7. doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e32834e90c1 - Pubmed
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3. MacMullan PA, McCarthy GM. The meniscus, calcification and osteoarthritis: a pathologic team. (2010) Arthritis research & therapy. 12 (3): 116. doi:10.1186/ar2993 - Pubmed
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