Observational studyRheumatology international2016
The prevalence of monosodium urate and calcium pyrophosphate crystals in synovial fluid from wrist and finger joints.
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- Characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and concurrent calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism · 2026Article
- Crowned Dens Syndrome associated with rheumatoid arthritis: A case report of two patients with a systematic literature review.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2026Article
- Understanding the interplay between psoriatic arthritis and gout: "Psout".Rheumatology international · 2024Review
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- Assessment of serum and synovial fluid MMP-3 and MPO as biomarkers for psoriatic arthritis and their relation to disease activity indices.Rheumatology international · 2022Article
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- Assessment of Crystals in the Synovial Fluid of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients in Relation to Disease Activity.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis of the Wrist Elicited by Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination After Carpal Tunnel Release.The American journal of case reports · 2022Article
- Synovial fluid analysis for the enhanced clinical diagnosis of crystal arthropathies in a tertiary care institution.Clinical rheumatology · 2021Article
- IL-1 in osteoarthritis: time for a critical review of the literature.F1000Research · 2019Review
- Concurrence of rheumatoid arthritis and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: A case collection and review of the literature.Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism · 2018Article
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease and Associated Medical Comorbidities: A National Cross-Sectional Study of US Veterans.Arthritis care & research · 2017Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of monosodium urate (MSU) and calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals in synovial fluids (SFs) aspirated from wrist and finger joints of patients with previously diagnosed joint diseases. We reviewed the results of SF analysis of 1593 samples and identified 126 patients with effusions in the small joints of the hands and wrists. We reported from patients' medical files data about sex, age, diagnosis, disease duration and the microscopic SF results. The prevalence of CPP crystals in SF was 85.71% in CPP-crystals arthritis (CPP-CA), 19.35% in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 13.89% in osteoarthritis (OA) and 0% in psoriatic arthritis (PsA), spondyloarthritis (SpA), gout and miscellanea. The prevalence of MSU crystals in SF was 83.3% in gout, 10% in PsA, 2.8% in OA and 0% in RA, SpA, miscellanea and CPP-CA. Consistent with previously reported data concerning the big joints, microcrystals can be frequently found also in the small joints of patients with previous diagnosis. The finding underlines the importance of analyzing SF from the hand and wrist joints in the attempt to identify comorbidities associated with the presence of crystals and to develop targeted treatment strategies.
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