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deposition disease (CPPD) is a rheumatologic disorder with
varied clinical manifestations due to precipitation of calcium
pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in the connective tissues. It
is more commonly known by alternative names that specify certain
clinical or radiographic findings, although neither is
synonymous with CPPD. Pseudogout refers to the clinically
evident acute synovitis with red, tender, and swollen joints
that may resemble gouty arthritis (a similar condition with
joint deposition of monosodium urate crystals).
Chondrocalcinosis, on the other hand, refers to the radiographic
evidence of calcification in hyaline and/or fibrocartilage.
Pyrophosphate arthropathy is a term that may refer to e