Meniscal calcification
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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 association with osteoarthritis of the knee with some authors suggesting a pathogenic role 2.
See also
-<p><strong>Meniscal calcification</strong> of the knee is a form of <a href="/articles/chondrocalcinosis">chondrocalcinosis</a>.</p><h4>Epidemiology </h4><p>The prevalence may be as high as 5-6%<sup> 1</sup>.</p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>Meniscal calcifications can be due to trauma, degenerative disease or underlying crystal arthropathies such as <a href="/articles/calcium-pyrophosphate-dihydrate-deposition-disease">calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease</a>.</p><h5>Associations</h5><p>It has been association with osteoarthritis of the knee with some authors suggesting a pathogenic role <sup>2</sup>.</p><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/meniscal-ossicle">meniscal ossicle</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p>- +<p><strong>Meniscal calcification</strong> of the knee is a form of <a href="/articles/chondrocalcinosis">chondrocalcinosis</a>.</p><h4>Epidemiology </h4><p>The prevalence may be as high as 5-6%<sup> 1</sup>.</p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>Meniscal calcifications can be due to trauma, degenerative disease or underlying crystal arthropathies such as <a href="/articles/calcium-pyrophosphate-dihydrate-deposition-disease-1">calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease</a>.</p><h5>Associations</h5><p>It has been association with osteoarthritis of the knee with some authors suggesting a pathogenic role <sup>2</sup>.</p><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/meniscal-ossicle">meniscal ossicle</a></li></ul>
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