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- Acute CPPD arthritis ("pseudogout"): knee is most frequently involved, but polyarticular in two-thirds of cases; involved joint is erythematous, swollen, warm, and painful. Most pts have evidence of chondrocalcinosis.
- Chronic arthropathy: progressive degenerative changes in multiple joints; can resemble osteoarthritis (OA). Joint distribution may suggest CPPD with common sites including knee, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP), hips, and shoulders.
- Symmetric proliferative synovitis: seen in familial forms with early onset; clinically similar to RA.
- Intervertebral disk and ligament calcification
- Spinal stenosis
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