Presentation
Acute right knee pain, mild local tenderness, redness and hotness
Patient Data
Age: 43
Gender: Female
From the case:
Early calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) arthropathy
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Single rounded hyper-echoic spot at the middle zone of intercondylar cartilage of the right femur.
Case Discussion
Synovial fluid analysis revealed rhomboid crystals which are weakly positive birefringent under compensated polarized light. Diagnosis: Early CPPD