Calcium pyrophosphate disease remains—50 years after its initial description—a challenging disease to diagnose and manage. Newly-reached consensus among European experts suggests standard nomenclature ...

Rhomboid, birefringent calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals are seen under polarizing light microscopy in this sample of synovial fluid that was obtained from a patient with acute CPP crystal ...

People with CPPD disease have diverse presentations, and understanding of this common disease has lagged other types of arthritis – partly because there have been no validated classification criteria.

Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) appears to have limited utility for differentiating between gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD), according to a German prospective cohort ...

Patients with calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease, also known as pseudogout, have an 80% higher risk for fracture than individuals who do not have the disease, according to a new analysis.